# 116-hr-5424: Protect Broadband Funding Act

116-hr-5424, Protect Broadband Funding Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5424
- Congress: 116
- Title: Protect Broadband Funding Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- Introduced: 2019-12-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protect Broadband Funding Act This bill prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from implementing a proposed rule that would establish a cap on the Universal Service Fund, the mechanism through which the FCC provides support for the distribution of telecommunications services.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2019-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2019-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2019-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2019-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2020-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2020-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2020-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2020-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-01-15T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- 116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019

## Sources
- [116-hr-5424 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5424)

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- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
- [116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4104)
- [116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2694)
- [116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2474)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5424 (as of 2025-11-18).