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HR 1681 · in committee · significant

Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act

What this bill does

  • Creates an interagency task force to speed up federal approval of broadband infrastructure on public lands.
  • Affects federal land agencies, telecom companies seeking to build broadband facilities, and rural communities.
  • Sets review goals and timelines with no direct federal spending specified; effectiveness reports due to Congress.

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  1. 01

    How would accelerated approval timelines for broadband on federal lands balance infrastructure speed against environmental or cultural site protection concerns?

  2. 02

    Which federal agencies would bear the coordination costs of this task force, and how might those expenses be funded without explicit budget allocation?

  3. 03

    What specific metrics would determine whether faster reviews actually increase rural broadband access, versus simply expediting approvals that wouldn't have happened otherwise?

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Gabe Evans

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Introduced 2026-04-21

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-04-21 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

  2. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 384 - 9 (Roll no. 125). (text: CR H2971-2972)

  4. 2026-04-20 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 384 - 9 (Roll no. 125). (text: CR H2971-2972)

  5. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2978-2979)

  6. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

  7. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1681.

  8. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2971-2973)

  9. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    Mr. Allen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  10. 2026-03-26 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.

  11. 2026-03-26 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  12. 2026-03-26 · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  13. 2026-03-26 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-439, Part II.

  14. 2026-03-26 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-439, Part II.

  15. 2026-01-12 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-439, Part I.

  16. 2026-01-12 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-439, Part I.

  17. 2025-11-18 · house · Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

  18. 2025-11-18 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  19. 2025-04-09 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

  20. 2025-04-09 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  21. 2025-03-28 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

  22. 2025-02-27 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

  23. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  24. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  25. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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