Senators Press NTIA on BEAD Non-Deployment Funds
States are still waiting for NTIA to clarify how they can use all BEAD funds
WASHINGTON Sept. 30, 2026 – A bipartisan group of senators is pressing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to release long-delayed guidance on how states can use billions of dollars in Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment funds for activities beyond broadband construction.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, led a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and NTIA Assistant Secretary Arielle Roth urging the agency to provide guidance on BEAD’s non-deployment funding. The letter was also signed by Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, Bill Cassidy, R-La., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Mark Warner, D-Va.
