President Biden signs the $1.2 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

President Joe Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on November 15, 2021. Republicans and Democrats gathered at the White House as Biden signed the legislation, which is aimed at improving the country’s roads, bridges, pipes, ports and Internet connections. Vice President Kamala Harris said the infrastructure push “will be a nationwide effort, the likes of which we have not seen in a generation.” She also urged lawmakers to pass the Build Back Better plan, a second package that aims to overhaul the country’s health-care, education, immigration, climate and tax laws. The House is expected to take up the measure this week. Some of the first bursts of spending will go toward areas that Mr. Biden prioritized in negotiations, like tens of billions of dollars to improve access to broadband internet. The bipartisan legislation commits $65 billion to broadband internet access through a variety of programs, predominantly $42.45 billion to create the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program.