Federal broadband support program
(1) Eligible entities (A) Initial report Not later than 90 days after receiving grant funds under this section, for the sole purposes of providing transparency and providing information to inform future Federal broadband planning, an eligible entity shall submit to the Assistant Secretary a report that— (i) describes the planned and actual use of funds; (ii) describes the planned and actual process of subgranting; (iii) identifies the establishment of appropriate mechanisms by the eligible entity to ensure that all subgrantees of the eligible entity comply with the eligible uses prescribed under subsection (f); and (iv) includes any other information required by the Assistant Secretary. (B) Semiannual report Not later than 1 year after receiving grant funds under this section, and semiannually thereafter until the funds have been expended, an eligible entity shall submit to the Assistant Secretary a report, with respect to the 6-month period immediately preceding the report date, that— (i) describes how the eligible entity expended the grant funds; (ii) describes each service provided with the grant funds; (iii) describes the number of locations at which broadband service was made available using the grant funds, and the number of those locations at which broadband service was utilized; and (iv) certifies that the eligible entity complied with the requirements of this section and with any additional reporting requirements prescribed by the Assistant Secretary. (C) Final report Not later than 1 year after an eligible entity has expended all grant funds received under this section, the eligible entity shall submit to the Assistant Secretary a report that— (i) describes how the eligible entity expended the funds; (ii) describes each service provided with the grant funds; (iii) describes the number of locations at which broadband service was made available using the grant funds, and the number of those locations at which broadband service was utilized; (iv) includes each report that the eligible entity received from a subgrantee under paragraph (2); and (v) certifies that the eligible entity complied with the requirements of this section and with any additional reporting requirements prescribed by the Assistant Secretary. (D) Provision to FCC and USDA Subject to section 904(b)(2) of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ) [ 47 U.S.C. 1308(b)(2) ] (relating to an interagency agreement), the Assistant Secretary shall coordinate with the Commission and the Department of Agriculture, including providing the final reports received under subparagraph (C) to the Commission and the Department of Agriculture to be used when determining whether to award funds for the deployment of broadband under any program administered by those agencies. (E) Federal agency reporting requirement (i) Definitions In this subparagraph, the terms “agency” and “Federal broadband support program” have the meanings given those terms in section 903 of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ) [ 47 U.S.C. 1307 ] (also known as the “ACCESS BROADBAND Act”). (ii) Requirement An agency that offers a Federal broadband support program shall provide data to the Assistant Secretary, in a manner and format prescribed by the Assistant Secretary, to promote coordination of efforts to track construction and use of broadband infrastructure.