Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act

This legislation directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit a comprehensive plan to Congress within 180 days of its enactment. The plan's core purpose is to enhance the tracking and transparency of the process for obtaining communications use authorizations on federal lands. Specifically, the Assistant Secretary must detail how to track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of each Form 299, which is used for authorizing communications facilities on public and National Forest System lands. The plan also needs to outline methods for providing applicants with greater transparency regarding their application status and for implementing the tracking system expeditiously. Additionally, the Assistant Secretary is required to identify any potential barriers to the plan's successful implementation, thereby aiming to streamline the deployment of broadband infrastructure by improving oversight and accountability in the authorization process for communications facilities.