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# Biden Administration Asks Congress for $6 Billion to Continue ACP
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/biden-administration-asks-congress-for-6-billion-to-continue-acp/
- Published: 2023-10-25T21:56:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:10:41.000Z
- Description: The internet subsidy dubbed the Affordable Connectivity Program is set to dry up as early as April 2024.
- Author: Jake Neenan
- Tags: Broadband's Impact, ACP, #with-siderail, Digital Inclusion, Funding, Congress, Featured, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Joe Biden, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 09:59, #added-preview-divider

WASHINGTON, October 25, 2023 – The Biden administration asked Congress on Wednesday for $6 billion to extend the Affordable Connectivity Program through December 2024.

The program was set up with a $14 billion allotment from the 2021 Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act. It provides a monthly internet discount of $30 for low-income households and $75 for residents of Tribal lands, [more than 20 million](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/affordable-connectivity-program-tools-show-one-in-four-applicants-newbies/) households in total. Participants can also get a one-time $100 device subsidy.

“Without this funding, tens of millions of people would lose this benefit and would no longer be able to afford high-speed internet service without sacrificing other necessities,” the White House said [in a statement](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/25/fact-sheet-white-house-calls-on-congress-to-support-critical-domestic-needs/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com).

About $5 billion remains in the program, according to [a monitoring tool](https://acpdashboard.com/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) developed by the advocacy group Institute for Local Self-Reliance. That money is expected [to dry up](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/new-acp-survey-fcc-fines-voip-provider-fifth-congressional-hackathon/) as early as April 2024.

The request from Biden joins [repeated calls](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/push-for-more-acp-funding-precision-ag-connectivity-task-force-great-plains-communications-indiana-expansion/) for Congress to [renew the program](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tribal-spectrum-licensing-call-for-more-acp-funding-32-million-for-west-virginia-broadband/). Lawmakers have underscored the importance of the program for closing the digital divide – allowing low-income Americans to access the high-speed broadband funded by the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.

Broadband providers also want to see the program continued, [asking Congress in September](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/experts-suggest-measures-to-protect-affordable-connectivity-program-at-senate-hearing/) to use money from another yearly broadband subsidy to keep the ACP afloat. They argued the Universal Service Fund, itself the subject of [calls for reform](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/telecoms-and-tech-giants-disagree-on-where-to-find-more-universal-service-funds/), would provide a more sustainable funding model than repeated allocations from Congress.

The funding request also comes on the same day as House Republicans elected a Speaker, ending weeks of deadlock and opening the door for potential legislation.