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American Broadband Act

USA117th CongressHR-3435| House 
| Updated: 7/7/2021
Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Republican Representative

Washington

Cosponsors (26)
Michael C. Burgess (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Neal P. Dunn (Republican)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)Claudia Tenney (Republican)John R. Curtis (Republican)Tim Walberg (Republican)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Billy Long (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican)H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)Richard Hudson (Republican)Kelly Armstrong (Republican)August Pfluger (Republican)Larry Bucshon (Republican)Madison Cawthorn (Republican)Lisa C. McClain (Republican)Debbie Lesko (Republican)Adam Kinzinger (Republican)Dan Crenshaw (Republican)Robert E. Latta (Republican)Bill Johnson (Republican)Fred Keller (Republican)

Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
American Broadband Act This bill addresses broadband and other communications services. The bill limits applicable state and local regulatory authority. Limitations include setting (and providing statutory authority for) deadlines for reviews and decisions related to personal wireless and other telecommunication service facilities, as well as cable franchises and services. Further, a state or locality may not provide broadband services in areas with more than one other commercial provider. The bill exempts certain telecommunications infrastructure projects from environmental and historic preservation reviews, including projects carried out after a declared disaster or emergency (e.g., a wildfire). The bill also establishes a rebuttable presumption that a request for a review of the effects of deploying wireless service on historically, culturally, or religiously significant tribal or Native Hawaiian land is complete if the tribe or Native Hawaiian organization receives certain forms. The bill enhances criminal penalties for willful or malicious destruction of a communication facility. Furthermore, the General Services Administration must establish a common fee schedule for deploying wireless facilities that affect federal property. Additionally, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration must award grants for expanding high-speed broadband access, facilitate through an interagency strike force timely reviews of telecommunications-related requests that affect federal property (e.g., a request for an easement or right-of-way), and report on certain requests concerning communications facilities on federal real property. The bill also requires collaboration among federal agencies that support broadband deployment.
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Timeline
May 20, 2021
Introduced in House
May 20, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 21, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Jul 7, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
  • May 20, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • May 20, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • May 21, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.


  • July 7, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

Science, Technology, Communications

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1061: CABLE Expansion Act
  • HR 117-1049: To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to increase prioritization by the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture by senior management of the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture, or an organizational unit of reviews for communications use authorizations.
  • HR 117-1055: Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
  • HR 117-1051: BROADBAND Leadership Act
  • HR 117-1042: Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act
  • HR 117-1073: Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act
  • HR 117-1058: Wireless Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act
  • HR 117-1064: Cable Transparency Act
  • HR 117-1060: WIRELESS Leadership Act
  • HR 117-1039: Coastal Broadband Deployment Act

American Broadband Act

USA117th CongressHR-3435| House 
| Updated: 7/7/2021
American Broadband Act This bill addresses broadband and other communications services. The bill limits applicable state and local regulatory authority. Limitations include setting (and providing statutory authority for) deadlines for reviews and decisions related to personal wireless and other telecommunication service facilities, as well as cable franchises and services. Further, a state or locality may not provide broadband services in areas with more than one other commercial provider. The bill exempts certain telecommunications infrastructure projects from environmental and historic preservation reviews, including projects carried out after a declared disaster or emergency (e.g., a wildfire). The bill also establishes a rebuttable presumption that a request for a review of the effects of deploying wireless service on historically, culturally, or religiously significant tribal or Native Hawaiian land is complete if the tribe or Native Hawaiian organization receives certain forms. The bill enhances criminal penalties for willful or malicious destruction of a communication facility. Furthermore, the General Services Administration must establish a common fee schedule for deploying wireless facilities that affect federal property. Additionally, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration must award grants for expanding high-speed broadband access, facilitate through an interagency strike force timely reviews of telecommunications-related requests that affect federal property (e.g., a request for an easement or right-of-way), and report on certain requests concerning communications facilities on federal real property. The bill also requires collaboration among federal agencies that support broadband deployment.
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Timeline
May 20, 2021
Introduced in House
May 20, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 21, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Jul 7, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
  • May 20, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • May 20, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • May 21, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.


  • July 7, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Republican Representative

Washington

Cosponsors (26)
Michael C. Burgess (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Neal P. Dunn (Republican)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)Claudia Tenney (Republican)John R. Curtis (Republican)Tim Walberg (Republican)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Billy Long (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican)H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)Richard Hudson (Republican)Kelly Armstrong (Republican)August Pfluger (Republican)Larry Bucshon (Republican)Madison Cawthorn (Republican)Lisa C. McClain (Republican)Debbie Lesko (Republican)Adam Kinzinger (Republican)Dan Crenshaw (Republican)Robert E. Latta (Republican)Bill Johnson (Republican)Fred Keller (Republican)

Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Natural Resources Committee

Science, Technology, Communications

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1061: CABLE Expansion Act
  • HR 117-1049: To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to increase prioritization by the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture by senior management of the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture, or an organizational unit of reviews for communications use authorizations.
  • HR 117-1055: Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
  • HR 117-1051: BROADBAND Leadership Act
  • HR 117-1042: Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act
  • HR 117-1073: Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act
  • HR 117-1058: Wireless Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act
  • HR 117-1064: Cable Transparency Act
  • HR 117-1060: WIRELESS Leadership Act
  • HR 117-1039: Coastal Broadband Deployment Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted