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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Dec 17, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2025Markup Dec 3, 2025Reported Feb 4, 2026 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Feb 13, 2025Markup Nov 18, 2025Reported Nov 18, 2025 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Apr 21, 2026 |
Actions 15
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. (consideration: CR H2973-2974)
- Apr 20, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2973)
- Apr 20, 2026Mr. Allen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 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.
- Feb 4, 2026Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-485.
- Feb 4, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 415.
- Dec 3, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 3, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
- Nov 18, 2025Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 18, 2025Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Feb 13, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- Feb 13, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2973, H2974Text printed H2973 | Jennifer L. McClellan D-VA, Rick W. Allen R-GA | Apr 20, 2026 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 17, 2026H.R. 1343, Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking ActAs reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 4, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 30, February 13, 2025, page H711.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3343 | Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan for the Assistant Secretary to track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan for the Assistant Secretary to track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes.
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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
