# 116-hr-7378: Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act

116-hr-7378, Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] (R-MI); status Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7378
- Congress: 116
- Title: Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
- Introduced: 2020-06-25
- Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] (R-MI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act This bill excludes certain communications facility deployment or modification projects from specified review requirements. Specifically, the bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review a project for the deployment or modification of a communications facility that is to be carried out entirely within a brownfield site (real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant).

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## Sources
- [116-hr-7378 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7378)

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- [116-hr-8706: Bureau of International Labor Affairs Authorization Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8706)
- [116-hr-8498: Informed Consent Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8498)
- [116-hr-8360: Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8360)
- [116-hr-8267: To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the definition of wat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8267)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7378 (as of 2025-11-18).