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This bill, the Saving Americans' Valuable Earnings on the National ACP Act (SAVE On ACP Act), has several key provisions. First, it increases the expenditure limit for the Federal Communications Commission's "rip and replace" program, which reimburses providers for removing and replacing certain communications equipment, from $1.9 billion to $4.98 billion and appropriates an additional $3.08 billion for this program. Second, it aims to improve the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) by requiring the use of the National Verifier to determine eligibility, repealing eligibility through a provider's existing low-income program, and limiting eligibility through the Community Eligibility Provision of free and reduced-price school lunch and breakfast programs. Additionally, the bill repeals the ACP's device subsidy and requires the FCC to develop and implement anti-fraud controls, performance goals, and measures for the ACP. Finally, the bill directs the FCC to reauction certain unassigned spectrum bands, including the AWS-3 bands, within 2 years.

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