HR 5419
Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
Summary
Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to study and report on any barriers to and staffing needs for completing timely reviews of requests 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.)
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Thomas H. Kean [R-NJ-7]
- Cosponsors
- 0
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Introduced
- 2025-09-17
- Latest action
- 2026-03-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee referrals
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2026-03-04
- Agriculture Committee: House · Discharged From · 2026-02-24
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Reported By · 2026-02-24
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Markup By · 2026-02-11
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Discharged from · 2026-02-11
Recent actions
- 2026-03-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2026-03-03: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-03-03: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-03-03: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2352)
- 2026-03-03: 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)