S. 2447 — Additional Funding for E-Rate Support for Emergency Educational Connections and Devices — 117th Congress
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Senate bill 2447, the Securing Universal Communications Connectivity to Ensure Students Succeed Act or SUCCESS Act, is 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. Markey introduced it on July 22, 2021, with cosponsors listed beginning with Van Hollen, and it was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Section 2 appropriates to the Emergency Connectivity Fund $7,171,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until September 30, 2030, and $8,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available until expended.
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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.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 22, 2021
Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. LUJÁN, Mr. BROWN, Ms.
WARREN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. GILLI-
BRAND, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. CASEY, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. BOOKER, Mr.
REED, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. MURPHY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide
additional funding for E-rate support for emergency edu-
cational connections and devices, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Universal
5 Communications Connectivity to Ensure Students Succeed
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6 Act’’ or the ‘‘SUCCESS Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY EDUCATIONAL CON-
2 NECTIONS AND DEVICES.
3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7402 of the American
4 Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2) is amend-
5 ed—
6 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding
7 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(except as provided in
8 subsection (c)(2)(B))’’ after ‘‘during a COVID–19
9 emergency period’’; and
10 (2) in subsection (c)—
11 (A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
12 ing the following:
13 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts
14 otherwise available, there is appropriated to the
15 Emergency Connectivity Fund, out of any money in
16 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated—
17 ‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2021—
18 ‘‘(i) $7,171,000,000, to remain avail-
19 able until September 30, 2030, for—
20 ‘‘(I) the provision of support
21 under the covered regulations; and
22 ‘‘(II) the Commission to adopt,
23 and the Commission and the Uni-
24 versal Service Administrative Com-
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25 pany to administer, the covered regu-
26 lations; and
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1 ‘‘(ii) $1,000,000, to remain available
2 until September 30, 2030, for the Inspec-
3 tor General of the Commission to conduct
4 oversight of support provided under the
5 covered regulations; and
6 ‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 2022 through
7 2026, $8,000,000,000, to remain available until
8 expended, for the provision of support under
9 the covered regulations, without regard to
10 when—
11 ‘‘(i) that support is provided; or
12 ‘‘(ii) any purchase described in sub-
13 section (a) occurs.’’; and
14 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘under
15 paragraph (2)(A) may be used for the purposes
16 described in clause (ii) of such paragraph’’ and
17 inserting ‘‘under paragraph (2)(A)(i) may be
18 used for the purposes described in subclause
19 (II) of such paragraph’’.
20 (b) UPDATES TO REGULATIONS.—The Federal Com-
21 munications Commission may make any updates to the
22 regulations promulgated under section 7402(a) of the
23 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2),
24 as in effect before the date of enactment of this Act, that
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1 may be necessary as a result of the amendments made
2 by subsection (a) of this section.
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