,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #bj1 
#bjbe,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself and ,mr4  
,cruz7 introduced the following bill2   
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,infrastructure ,investment and     
,jobs ,act to require remaining funds   
under the ,broadband ,equity1 ,access1  
and ,deployment ,program to be used for 
deficit reduction4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,recovering ,excess ,communications     
,appropriations while ,protecting       
,telecommunications ,upgrades1          
,reinvestment1 and ,expansion ,act or   
the ,,recapture ,act4  #b4 ,use of      
remaining ,,bead funds for deficit      
reduction  7a7 ,in general ,section     
#fjajb7;e77#d7 of the ,infrastructure   
,investment and ,jobs ,act 7#dg         
,u4,s4,c4 #agjb7;e77#d77 is amended--   
7#a7 in subparagraph 7,d77ii77,,iii71 by

 striking 1 shall make available to the 
eligible entity the remainder of the    
grant funds allocated to the eligible   
entity under subsection 7c72 and        
inserting the following3 1 shall1 with  
respect to the remainder of the grant   
funds allocated to the eligible entity  
under subsection 7c7-- 7aa7 make        
available to the eligible entity the    
portion of those remaining funds that   
have been designated for a specific     
purpose in the final proposal2 and  7bb7
 deposit in the general fund of the     
,treasury1 for the sole purpose of      
deficit reduction1 the portion of those 
remaining funds that have not been      
designated for a specific purpose in the
 final proposal2  2 and  7#b7 in        
subparagraph 7,e77ii77,,iii71 by        
striking 1 shall make available to the  
eligible entity the remainder of the    
grant funds allocated to the eligible   
entity under subsection 7c72 and        
inserting the following3 1 shall1 with  
respect to the remainder of the grant   

funds allocated to the eligible entity  
under subsection 7c7-- 7aa7 make        
available to the eligible entity the    
portion of those remaining funds that   
have been designated for a specific     
purpose in the final proposal2 and  7bb7
 deposit in the general fund of the     
,treasury1 for the sole purpose of      
deficit reduction1 the portion of those 
remaining funds that have not been      
designated for a specific purpose in the
 final proposal2  4  7b7 ,technical and 
conforming amendments ,section #fjajb of
 the ,infrastructure ,investment and    
,jobs ,act 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #agjb7 is     
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection            
7c77#e77;,c7-- 7,a7 by striking clause  
7ii72  7,b7 by striking ,reallocation to
 other eligible entities4-- and all that
 follows through ,the ,assistant        
,secretary and inserting ,reallocation  
to other eligible entities due to       
application failures4--,the ,assistant  
,secretary2  7,c7 by redesignating      
subclauses 7,i7 and 7,,ii7 as clauses   

7i7 and 7ii71 respectively1 and         
adjusting the margins accordingly2 and  
7,d7 in clause 7ii71 as so redesignated1
 by striking subclause 7,i7 of this     
clause and inserting clause 7i7 of this 
subparagraph2 and  7#b7 in subsection   
7e77#d77;,a77i71 in the matter preceding
 subclause 7,i71 by striking approvals  
and inserting approves4