Broadband Deployment Board Grant Processes
- Reduces the notice and comment period for an interested party to review and comment on a grant application from at least 60 days to
3045 days; - Exempts a grantee from the requirement to complete an approved project in 2 years or less if the grantee demonstrates to the board that the project is delayed due to a relevant disruption in the supply chain;
- Requires the board to apply the updated requirements to previously denied applications that sought grant awards under the act; and
- Establishes a process and remedies for appeals of a board decision regarding a grant application.
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)