S 3671 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Broadband Buildout Accountability Act

Introduced Feb 16, 2022 Originated Senate Sponsor Rick Scott R-FL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 16, 2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 16, 2022
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Broadband Buildout Accountability Act

This bill makes actions or decisions of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration concerning the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program subject to the Freedom of Information Act, which governs the release of federal documents.

Cosponsors 13

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 16, 2022.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WYCynthia M. LummisOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-AKDan SullivanOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-NEDeb FischerOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-UTMike LeeOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-MORoy BluntOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-TXTed CruzOriginalFeb 16, 2022
R-INTodd YoungOriginalFeb 16, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Feb 16, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 16, 2022Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 16, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 117-438OVERSIGHT OF THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION84 pagesCommerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeJun 9, 2022

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1234Broadband Buildout Accountability ActReintroduced BillApr 20, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to apply the Freedom of Information Act to actions and decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information in carrying out the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Broadband Buildout Accountability Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 16, 2022Introduced in Senate

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