Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act

Where it stands

1. Introduced Done · Feb 27, 2025
2. Committee Done · Feb 27, 2025
3. Passed House Done · Apr 20, 2026
4. Passed Senate Not yet
5. President Not yet
6. Law Not yet

From the official actions on Congress.gov.

Key points

What it changes

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Who it affects

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What it costs

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Where it stands

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Apr 21, 2026)

What happens next

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Official summary

Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act This bill establishes an interagency strike force to support federal land management agencies' review of requests for communications use authorizations. (A communications use authorization is required to modify or locate communications facilities on public lands.) The strike force must (1) conduct periodic calls with strike force members to ensure that each agency prioritizes the review of requests for communications use authorizations, (2) establish goals for the review of the requests, and (3) monitor and facilitate agency accountability for meeting the established goals. The bill specifies that the strike force must include the head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the head of each federal land management agency, and other members designated by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior. The bill also requires the strike force to report to Congress regarding its effectiveness.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House version), via Congress.gov. These are proposed provisions, not enacted law.

Recorded votes

1. HOUSEFinal passageApr 20, 2026 · roll call 125

   On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: Passed (384–9)

   This vote decided whether the bill passes this chamber.
   Votes by party

   How each party voted on roll call 125

   Party	Yes	No	Present	Did not vote	Share voting Yes
   Democratic	199	0	0	14
   Republican	184	9	0	23
   Independent	1	0	0	0

   Party totals from the official roll call.

   Office of the Clerk, U.S. House ↗ — includes how every member voted

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Legislative history

1. Apr 21, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2. Apr 20, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3. Apr 20, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 384 - 9 (Roll no. 125). (text: CR H2971-2972)
4. Apr 20, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 384 - 9 (Roll no. 125). (text: CR H2971-2972)
5. Apr 20, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2978-2979)
6. Apr 20, 2026At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
7. Apr 20, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1681.
8. Apr 20, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2971-2973)
9. Apr 20, 2026Mr. Allen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
10. Mar 26, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.
11. Mar 26, 2026Committee on Agriculture discharged.
12. Mar 26, 2026Committee on Agriculture discharged.
13. Mar 26, 2026Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-439, Part II.
14. Mar 26, 2026Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-439, Part II.
15. Jan 12, 2026Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-439, Part I.
16. Jan 12, 2026Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-439, Part I.
17. Nov 18, 2025Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
18. Nov 18, 2025Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
19. Apr 9, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
20. Apr 9, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
21. Mar 28, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
22. Feb 27, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
23. Feb 27, 2025Referred 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.
24. Feb 27, 2025Referred 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.
25. Feb 27, 2025Referred 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.