Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act passed the House 167 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedSep 17, 2025
ReportedFeb 11, 2026
Passed one chamberMar 3, 2026
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 72 words.
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.)
Context
- Committees
- House Agriculture Committee
House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 63 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 590 words
- Subjects
- Advisory bodiesCongressional oversightGovernment buildings, facilities, and propertyInfrastructure developmentIntergovernmental relationsInternet, web applications, social media +1 more
- Latest action
- Mar 4, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
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