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HR 5419 · in committee · niche

Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires Interior and Forest Service to study barriers to reviewing broadband infrastructure requests on public lands.
  • It affects companies seeking to build broadband facilities and the federal agencies that approve those projects.
  • The agencies must report findings on staffing needs and timelines for completing authorization reviews.

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    How might faster broadband deployment reviews on public lands affect rural communities' internet access compared to current timelines?

  2. 02

    What staffing and resource costs would Interior and Forest Service face to streamline their broadband infrastructure review processes?

  3. 03

    Which broadband companies would benefit most from expedited reviews, and how might that influence which rural areas gain service first?

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Sponsor · R-NJ-7

Thomas H. Kean, Jr.

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Introduced 2026-03-04

Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-03-04 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  2. 2026-03-03 · house · Floor

    The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2026-03-03 · house · Floor

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

  4. 2026-03-03 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2352)

  5. 2026-03-03 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2352)

  6. 2026-03-03 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5419.

  7. 2026-03-03 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2352-2353)

  8. 2026-03-03 · house · Floor

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  9. 2026-02-24 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 441.

  10. 2026-02-24 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  11. 2026-02-24 · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  12. 2026-02-24 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-516, Part I.

  13. 2026-02-24 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-516, Part I.

  14. 2026-02-11 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

  15. 2026-02-11 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  16. 2026-02-11 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged

  17. 2025-12-11 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  18. 2025-12-04 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

  19. 2025-09-17 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

  20. 2025-09-17 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

  21. 2025-09-17 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  22. 2025-09-17 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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