,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dddh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #cj1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,thune 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,lujn1 and ,mr4 ,barrasso7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,assistant 
,secretary of ,commerce for             
,communications and ,information to     
create tools for tracking the progress  
of grant recipients under the ,broadband
 ,equity1 ,access1 and ,deployment      
,program1 to require the ,assistant     
,secretary to help executive agencies   
improve compliance with the statutory   
deadline for processing communications  
use applications1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,accelerating       
,broadband ,permits ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 
,tracking ,,bead progress and permits   
7a7 ,progress dashboard ,section        
#fjajb7;j7 of the ,infrastructure       

,investment and ,jobs ,act 7#dg         
,u4,s4,c4 #agjb7;j77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7#e7  
,progress dashboard ,the ,assistant     
,secretary shall make available on a    
public website a dashboard that tracks  
the progress of each eligible entity    
through major milestones under the      
,program1 including-- 7,a7 the amount of
 grant funds received under this section
 that the eligible entity has expended2 
and  7,b7 the number of locations at    
which broadband service has been made   
available using grant funds received by 
the eligible entity under this section1 
and the number of those locations at    
which broadband service has been        
utilized4  4  7b7 ,tracking permits     
,section #fjajb7;h7 of the              
,infrastructure ,investment and ,jobs   
,act 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #agjb7;h77 is       
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
paragraph 7#f7 as paragraph 7#g72 and   
7#b7 by inserting after paragraph 7#e7  
the following3  7#f7 ,tracking permits  

,the ,assistant ,secretary shall create 
a tool to help each eligible entity--   
7,a7 identify the relevant ,federal     
permit requirements for each subgrantee 
of the eligible entity2 and  7,b7       
monitor the progress of each subgrantee 
of the eligible entity toward obtaining 
,federal permits4  4  #c4 ,tracking and 
improving processing times for          
communications use applications ,section
 #fdji7;b77#c7 of the ,middle ,class    
,tax ,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of 
#bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adee7;b77#c77 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,e7 ,tracking and improving
 processing times  7i7 ,data controls   
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of enactment of the ,accelerating       
,broadband ,permits ,act of #bjbf1 the  
,assistant ,secretary shall develop     
controls to ensure that data is         
sufficiently accurate and complete for  
an executive agency to track the        
processing time for each application    
described in subparagraph 7,a7 received 

by the executive agency4  7ii7          
,requirement to analyze1 address1 and   
report on delay factors ,with respect to
 the factors that contribute to delays  
in processing applications described in 
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,assistant       
,secretary shall-- 7,i7 analyze the     
factors as the delays are occurring2    
7,,ii7 take actions to address the      
factors2 and  7,,iii7 provide an annual 
report on the factors to-- 7aa7 the     
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation of the ,senate2  7bb7   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,natural  
,resources of the ,senate2  7cc7 the    
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of  
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     
7dd7 the ,committee on ,natural         
,resources of the ,house of             
,representatives4  7iii7 ,method for    
alerting staff to at-risk applications  
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of enactment of the ,accelerating       
,broadband ,permits ,act of #bjbf1 the  
,assistant ,secretary shall establish a 

method to alert employees of an         
executive agency to any application     
described in subparagraph 7,a7 with     
respect to which the executive agency is
 at risk of failing to meet the         
#bgj-;day deadline under that           
subparagraph4  4  #d4 ,minimum broadband
 project cost ,section #dajja7f77;,a7 of
 the ,,fast ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4         
#dcgjm7#f77;,a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
clause 7iii71 by striking or at the end2
  7#b7 by redesignating clause 7iv7 as  
clause 7v72 and  7#c7 by inserting after
 clause 7iii7 the following3  7iv7 7,i7 
is subject to ,,nepa2  7,,ii7 involves  
the construction of infrastructure for  
broadband2 and  7,,iii7 is likely to    
require a total investment of more than 
#e1jjj1jjj2 or  4