When used in this chapter, the following words or terms shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"ACP" means the Affordable Connectivity Program.
"ARPA" means the American Rescue Plan Act, Pub. L. No. 117-2 (Mar. 11, 2021), as amended.
"BEAD" means Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment.
"Board" means the Broadband Governing Board.
"C.F.R." means Code of Federal Regulations, available at https://www.ecfr.gov
"Council" means the Broadband Expansion Council.
"DEA" means Digital Equity Act.
"Grantee" means a recipient of federal funds awarded through the Broadband Governing Board Grant program, regardless of whether the recipient is a "pass-through entity" or "subrecipient."
"FCC" means the Federal Communications Commission.
"IIJA" means the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L. No. 117-58 (Nov. 15, 2021), as amended.
"NTIA" means the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
"OBO" means the Oklahoma Broadband Office.
"OMES" means Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
"Pass-through entity" or "PTE" means a non-federal entity that provides a subaward to a subrecipient to carry out part of a federal program, consistent with the definition at 2 C.F.R., § 200.1.
"SAM" means System for Award Management.
"Subrecipient" means an entity that receives a subaward from a pass-through entity to carry out part of a federal award, but does not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such award, consistent with the definition at 2 C.F.R., § 200.1.
"U.S. Treasury" means United States Department of the Treasury.
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