Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
Latest action · Apr 21, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 20, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to submit a plan to Congress for tracking the acceptance, processing, and disposition of applications for communications use authorizations. (These are requests for easements, rights-of-way, leases, licenses, or other authorizations to locate or modify a transmitting device, support structure, or other communications facility on public lands or National Forest System land.)
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2025 to Dec 17, 2025, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Dec 17, 2025 |
Actions 19
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Apr 20, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules.
- Apr 20, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2973-2974)
- Apr 20, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1343.
- Apr 20, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2026Referred in Senate
- Apr 20, 2026Engrossed in House
- Feb 4, 2026Reported in House
- Feb 13, 2025Introduced in House
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