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H.R. 3435: American Broadband Act

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H.R. 3435: American Broadband Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-05-20 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-05-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

American Broadband Act

Plain summary

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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

American Broadband Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · 26 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), August Pfluger (R-TX), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3435 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117