diff --git a/res/xml/mobile_network_settings.xml b/res/xml/mobile_network_settings.xml
index fc99ae279a0..29e7c253943 100644
--- a/res/xml/mobile_network_settings.xml
+++ b/res/xml/mobile_network_settings.xml
@@ -98,9 +98,11 @@
             settings:searchable="false"
             settings:controller="com.android.settings.network.telephony.DataUsagePreferenceController"/>
 
+        <!-- Settings search is handled by BillingCycleSearchItem. -->
         <com.android.settings.datausage.BillingCyclePreference
             android:key="billing_preference"
             android:title="@string/billing_cycle"
+            settings:searchable="false"
             settings:controller="com.android.settings.datausage.BillingCyclePreferenceController"/>
 
         <SwitchPreferenceCompat
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/datausage/BillingCyclePreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/datausage/BillingCyclePreferenceController.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b555857cc3..00000000000
--- a/src/com/android/settings/datausage/BillingCyclePreferenceController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.android.settings.datausage;
-
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.net.NetworkTemplate;
-
-import androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen;
-
-import com.android.settings.core.BasePreferenceController;
-import com.android.settings.datausage.lib.DataUsageLib;
-
-public class BillingCyclePreferenceController extends BasePreferenceController {
-    private int mSubscriptionId;
-
-    public BillingCyclePreferenceController(Context context, String preferenceKey) {
-        super(context, preferenceKey);
-    }
-
-    public void init(int subscriptionId) {
-        mSubscriptionId = subscriptionId;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void displayPreference(PreferenceScreen screen) {
-        super.displayPreference(screen);
-        BillingCyclePreference preference = screen.findPreference(getPreferenceKey());
-
-        NetworkTemplate template = DataUsageLib.getMobileTemplate(mContext, mSubscriptionId);
-
-        preference.setTemplate(template, mSubscriptionId);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getAvailabilityStatus() {
-        return DataUsageUtils.hasMobileData(mContext) ? AVAILABLE : CONDITIONALLY_UNAVAILABLE;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/datausage/BillingCyclePreferenceController.kt b/src/com/android/settings/datausage/BillingCyclePreferenceController.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6997432860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/datausage/BillingCyclePreferenceController.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.settings.datausage
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.telephony.SubscriptionManager
+import androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen
+import com.android.settings.R
+import com.android.settings.core.BasePreferenceController
+import com.android.settings.datausage.lib.DataUsageLib.getMobileTemplate
+import com.android.settings.network.telephony.MobileNetworkSettingsSearchIndex.MobileNetworkSettingsSearchItem
+import com.android.settings.network.telephony.MobileNetworkSettingsSearchIndex.MobileNetworkSettingsSearchResult
+
+class BillingCyclePreferenceController(context: Context, preferenceKey: String) :
+    BasePreferenceController(context, preferenceKey) {
+    private var subId = SubscriptionManager.INVALID_SUBSCRIPTION_ID
+
+    fun init(subId: Int) {
+        this.subId = subId
+    }
+
+    override fun getAvailabilityStatus() =
+        if (DataUsageUtils.hasMobileData(mContext)) AVAILABLE else CONDITIONALLY_UNAVAILABLE
+
+    override fun displayPreference(screen: PreferenceScreen) {
+        super.displayPreference(screen)
+        val preference = screen.findPreference<BillingCyclePreference>(preferenceKey)
+        val template = getMobileTemplate(mContext, subId)
+        preference?.setTemplate(template, subId)
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        class BillingCycleSearchItem(private val context: Context) :
+            MobileNetworkSettingsSearchItem {
+            override fun getSearchResult(subId: Int): MobileNetworkSettingsSearchResult? {
+                if (!DataUsageUtils.hasMobileData(context)) return null
+                return MobileNetworkSettingsSearchResult(
+                    key = "billing_preference",
+                    title = context.getString(R.string.billing_cycle),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettingsSearchIndex.kt b/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettingsSearchIndex.kt
index 4f31e0f71c7..83e3a31ff3f 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettingsSearchIndex.kt
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettingsSearchIndex.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import android.content.Context
 import android.provider.Settings
 import android.telephony.SubscriptionInfo
 import com.android.settings.R
+import com.android.settings.datausage.BillingCyclePreferenceController.Companion.BillingCycleSearchItem
 import com.android.settings.network.SubscriptionUtil
 import com.android.settings.network.telephony.CarrierSettingsVersionPreferenceController.Companion.CarrierSettingsVersionSearchItem
 import com.android.settings.network.telephony.DataUsagePreferenceController.Companion.DataUsageSearchItem
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ class MobileNetworkSettingsSearchIndex(
 
         fun createSearchItems(context: Context): List<MobileNetworkSettingsSearchItem> =
             listOf(
+                BillingCycleSearchItem(context),
                 CarrierSettingsVersionSearchItem(context),
                 DataUsageSearchItem(context),
                 MmsMessageSearchItem(context),