# 119-hr-6920: SUCCESS for BEAD Act

119-hr-6920, SUCCESS for BEAD Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6920
- Congress: 119
- Title: SUCCESS for BEAD Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Redirects leftover BEAD funds into a competitive subgrant program** aimed at building AI-ready broadband, modernizing Next Generation 9-1-1, growing the telecom workforce, and shoring up public-safety and national-security connections. The bill would add definitions and open-standards requirements to guide those awards and related oversight.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] (R-KY), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Buy America waiver kept for BEAD: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the Assistant Secretary make rules about Buy America waivers for BEAD recipients. It would also prevent changing or rescinding the Assistant Secretary's February 22, 2024 waiver notice for BEAD recipients. That would keep the current domestic-content waiver in place f…
- Fast BEAD guidance and labor help: benefit, low. If enacted, the Assistant Secretary would have to issue guidance to implement these changes within 30 days. Guidance on workforce programs must be developed with the Secretary of Labor. The guidance should follow the federal Uniform Guidance rules (2 C.F.R. part 200) as much as practicable.
- Leftover BEAD funds for broadband: mixed, high. If enacted, BEAD-eligible entities would have to use any leftover grant money to run a new competitive subgrant program. Subgrants could pay for fiber, conduit, carrier-neutral internet exchange points, mobile wireless, submarine landing stations, workforce training, NG9-1-1 work, mapping, and rela…
- Next Generation 9-1-1 planning rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Assistant Secretary would coordinate with State NG9-1-1 contacts and give technical help and oversight for NG9-1-1 projects. Eligible entities using leftover funds for NG9-1-1 would need to certify they coordinated with each local emergency communications center and name one impleme…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-5342: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2405: The White Oak Resilience Act
- 119-hr-4145: Ensuring Justice for Camp Lejeune Victims Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6920 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6920)

## Related
- [119-hr-5342: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5342)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2548)
- [119-hr-2405: The White Oak Resilience Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2405)
- [119-hr-4145: Ensuring Justice for Camp Lejeune Victims Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4145)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6920 (as of 2026-04-21).