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January 9, 2024
Key Points Read the PDF. Congress created the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, a prominent feature of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),1 to usher areas without modern broadband into the digital age. Congress found: The IIJA provides $42.45 billion for planning, infrastructure deployment, and adoption programs in all 50 states, American…