Accelerating Broadband Permits Act of 2026
Latest action · Nov 9, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 691.
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.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 30, 2026.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Apr 30, 2026 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Apr 30, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2026Markup Jul 22, 2026Reported Nov 9, 2026 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2026Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-158.
- Nov 9, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 691.
- Jul 22, 2026Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Apr 30, 2026Introduced in Senate
- Apr 30, 2026Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2173)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S2173 | John Thune R-SD (text) | Apr 30, 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 16, 2026S. 4448, Accelerating Broadband Permits Act of 2026As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 22, 2026
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 119-535 | INTELLIGENT NETWORKS: POWERING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TRANSFORMING COMMUNICATIONS75 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Jul 30, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to create tools for tracking the progress of grant recipients under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, to require the Assistant Secretary to help executive agencies improve compliance with the statutory deadline for processing communications use applications, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Accelerating Broadband Permits Act of 2026
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Accelerating Broadband Permits Act of 2026
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2026Reported to Senate
- Apr 30, 2026Introduced in Senate
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.
