State lawmakers from 28 states ask Commerce to release BEAD 'nondeployment' funds

State lawmakers from 28 states ask Commerce to release BEAD 'nondeployment' funds

A letter signed by 164 state legislators urges the Commerce Department to release the full amount of funds states were set to receive through the BEAD program.

State Legislators Urge NTIA to Release BEAD Non-Deployment Funds

In a bipartisan appeal, a total of 164 state legislators from 28 states are urging Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth to release the remaining BEAD program funds to the states for non-deployment purposes. “Congress wisely designed BEAD so that any funding not spent on deployment could be used for other “non-deployment” purposes,” write the legislators in a letter. “This structure not only encourages efficiency …