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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION |
2 | | WHEREAS, Access to affordable, reliable, high-speed |
3 | | broadband service is essential to full participation in modern |
4 | | life in the State and throughout the United States; and |
5 | | WHEREAS, The persistent digital divide in the State and in |
6 | | the United States is a barrier to economic competitiveness in |
7 | | the economic distribution of essential public services, |
8 | | including health care and education; and |
9 | | WHEREAS, In 2021, as part of the bipartisan Infrastructure |
10 | | Investment and Jobs Act's historic investment in broadband |
11 | | infrastructure and digital equity, Congress appropriated more |
12 | | than 14 billion dollars for the Affordable Connectivity |
13 | | Program (ACP); and |
14 | | WHEREAS, Based on the current take rates, the more than 14 |
15 | | billion dollars in funding appropriated for the ACP could be |
16 | | exhausted in early 2024; and |
17 | | WHEREAS, The ACP has been a tremendous success, with |
18 | | almost 700,000 Illinois households enrolled in the program and |
19 | | 23,000,000 households enrolled nationally; and |
20 | | WHEREAS, The ACP has been a critical tool in helping |