3435 -- American Broadband Act | Poliscope

American Broadband Act

3435

117th Congress

Science, Technology, Communications

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

May 20, 2021

Latest Action

July 7, 2021

Primary Sponsor

Cathy McMorris RodgersRepublican(WA)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

74pct

48d open

vs 9,698 other HR bills in the 117th — cohort avg 63d

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.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (50)

These links require the bill number to appear in the filing's source-reported specific issue text. Client expenses and lobbying-firm income are separate disclosure fields.

Filing registrants (12)

GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP (6)MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC (10)SUSAN STOHR (7)HIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC (2)AMERICAN CABLE ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA ACACONNECTS (14)ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES (8)AT&T SERVICES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES (3)CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (7)COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION (7)NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA) (3)

Show 2 more registrants

NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

Actions (4)

July 7, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

May 21, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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 20, 2021

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Agriculture Committee	House	Referred to	May 20, 2021
Energy and Commerce Committee	House	Referred to	May 20, 2021
Natural Resources Committee	House	Referred to	May 20, 2021