{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-1681","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 1681","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to ensure that certain Federal land management agencies, including the organizational units of such agencies, prioritize the review of requests for communications use authorizations, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to ensure that certain Federal land management agencies, including the organizational units of such agencies, prioritize the review of requests for communications use authorizations, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to ensure that certain Federal land management agencies, including the organizational units of such agencies, prioritize the review of requests for communications use authorizations, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-02-27","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-04-20","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h125","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act","result":"Passed","yea":384,"nay":9,"present":0,"not_voting":37,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll125.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.","date":"2026-04-21"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-02-27","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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.)"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":143},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to ensure the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service prioritize review of requests for communications use authorizations on public lands and National Forest System land.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681/text/eh#H8B3130569E294BA0AE1C3C91DCBA0713"}]},"core_areas":["Interagency strike force for review of communications use authorizations on Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service land"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force not later than 180 days after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681/text/eh#H8B3130569E294BA0AE1C3C91DCBA0713"}},{"text":"Sets the strike force members as the Assistant Secretary, the head of each Federal land management agency, and one designee each of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, other than the Chief of the Forest Service and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681/text/eh#H8B3130569E294BA0AE1C3C91DCBA0713"}},{"text":"Directs the strike force to hold periodic calls among its members to ensure each Federal land management agency, including each organizational unit, prioritizes review of requests for communications use authorizations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681/text/eh#H8B3130569E294BA0AE1C3C91DCBA0713"}},{"text":"Directs the strike force to establish objective and reasonable goals for reviewing requests for communications use authorizations, and to monitor and facilitate each agency's accountability for meeting those goals.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681/text/eh#H8B3130569E294BA0AE1C3C91DCBA0713"}},{"text":"Requires the Assistant Secretary to submit a report on the strike force's effectiveness to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 270 days after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681/text/eh#H8B3130569E294BA0AE1C3C91DCBA0713"}},{"text":"Defines a communications use authorization as an easement, right-of-way, lease, license, or other authorization from a Federal land management agency to locate or modify a communications facility on public lands or National Forest System land, and names the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service as the Federal land management agencies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681/text/eh#H8B3130569E294BA0AE1C3C91DCBA0713"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-04-20","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-1681.png","v":"627b9f4387a3","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1681, 119th Congress: Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act. House: 384 Yea, 9 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 20 Apr 2026."}}