SUCCESS for BEAD Act

Key Points

• Lets states and territories use leftover broadband grant money for new competitive subgrants, instead of leaving it unused.
• Sends leftover funds toward projects like fiber routes sold wholesale, internet exchange hubs, wireless upgrades, submarine cables, and faster permitting for broadband builds.
• Allows some of the leftover money to support targeted job training tied to telecom, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and electrical work needed to build and run networks.
• Makes it easier to use leftover funds to plan, upgrade, or maintain modern internet-based 9-1-1 systems, with required coordination and cybersecurity planning.
• Adds guardrails: bans using these subgrants to build or expand data centers, often requires a 25% local match, and creates a public challenge process to avoid duplicating existing fiber routes.