States will be expected to submit their plans for using the funding by December. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), housed in the Commerce Department, plans to approve these plans before next spring when it will begin allocating 20 percent of a state’s authorized funding and infrastructure deployment can begin. By the end of 2025, at least 80 percent of the funding will be allocated.

The White House is expected to release the amounts each state received by Monday afternoon.

Here’s hoping they have to submit actual plans that ensure Americans receive broadband availability. And that the fed actually reviews them and posts stipulations if they don’t spend the money as they said and if that money doesn’t enable what they promise.