[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2447 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2447
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide additional
funding for E-rate support for emergency educational connections and
devices, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 22, 2021
Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Brown, Ms.
Warren, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Casey, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Booker, Mr. Reed, Mr. Durbin,
Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation
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A BILL
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide additional
funding for E-rate support for emergency educational connections and
devices, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Universal Communications
Connectivity to Ensure Students Succeed Act'' or the ``SUCCESS Act''.
SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY EDUCATIONAL CONNECTIONS AND DEVICES.
(a) In General.--Section 7402 of the American Rescue Plan Act of
2021 (Public Law 117-2) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by inserting ``(except as provided in subsection
(c)(2)(B))'' after ``during a COVID-19 emergency period''; and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:
``(2) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the Emergency Connectivity
Fund, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated--
``(A) for fiscal year 2021--
``(i) $7,171,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2030, for--
``(I) the provision of support
under the covered regulations; and
``(II) the Commission to adopt, and
the Commission and the Universal
Service Administrative Company to
administer, the covered regulations;
and
``(ii) $1,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2030, for the Inspector
General of the Commission to conduct oversight
of support provided under the covered
regulations; and
``(B) for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026,
$8,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for
the provision of support under the covered regulations,
without regard to when--
``(i) that support is provided; or
``(ii) any purchase described in subsection
(a) occurs.''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``under paragraph
(2)(A) may be used for the purposes described in clause
(ii) of such paragraph'' and inserting ``under
paragraph (2)(A)(i) may be used for the purposes
described in subclause (II) of such paragraph''.
(b) Updates to Regulations.--The Federal Communications Commission
may make any updates to the regulations promulgated under section
7402(a) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2), as
in effect before the date of enactment of this Act, that may be
necessary as a result of the amendments made by subsection (a) of this
section.
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