I’m borrowing the recap from the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society on the following. It you want more information, I suggest reading the original letter …

Representative April McClain Delaney (D-MD-06) led a letter with her House colleagues demanding that the Department of Commerce explain its continued withholding of appropriated funds that Congress explicitly authorized under its historic $65 billion-dollar internet initiative known as the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Prior to serving as a Member of Congress, Rep. McClain Delaney was the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Administrator at NTIA under the Biden-Harris Administration and helped build and launch the national BEAD program. The Congressional letter, directed to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and NTIA Assistant Secretary Arielle Roth, again lifted up questions from Members that have gone unanswered for over eight months. Members are deeply concerned about the Administration’s lack of transparency and the long overdue withholding of “nondeployment funds.” The letter is co-signed by Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12), and Troy Carter (D-LA-02). In addition to the Congresswoman’s letter to Commerce and NTIA, she is introducing the Broadband Deployment and Economic Impact Study Act, which directs NTIA to conduct a comprehensive study of the technologies used to provide broadband internet access services. The study would evaluate key factors such as workforce requirements, geographic deployment capabilities, technology lifespan, and monthly consumer costs across various broadband technologies, from fiber-optic cable to satellites. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. James Clyburn (D-SC-06), Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02), Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Troy Carter (D-LA-02), Cleo Fields (D-LA-06), and Shomari Figures (D-AL-02).