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Sen. Moran Wants to Shield BEAD Grants from Taxation

Kansas senator hinted at tying broadband tax exemption to reconciliation bill.

Jericho Casper

Feb 3, 2025 — 2 min read

Screenshot of Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., at the Jan. 29 confirmation hearing for Howard Lutnick to be Commerce Secretary.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2025 – Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., wants to stretch the broadband dollar as far as possible.

Moran – likely with bipartisan support in the Senate and House – was renewing his effort to pass a bill to ensure that broadband grants from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the American Rescue Plan will not be subject to federal taxation.

Moran and Mark Warner, D-Va., alongside Reps. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., and Mike Kelly, R-Penn., last Congress introduced the Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act, legislation that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to exempt broadband deployment grants from the 21% federal corporate income tax.

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