# 119-hr-1681: Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act

119-hr-1681, Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1681
- Congress: 119
- Title: Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Prioritizes federal reviews of communications projects on public and National Forest lands.** This bill would create an interagency strike force to ensure the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service prioritize review of easements, rights-of-way, leases, licenses, and other authorizations to locate or modify communications facilities on covered land. - Federal land managers (the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service) would have to prioritize reviews of communications use authorizations and meet objective review goals set by the strike force. - Applicants seeking authorizations to place or modify communications facilities on public lands or National Forest System land would receive prioritized review of their easements, leases, licenses, or rights-of-way. - The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information must establish the strike force within 180 days and submit a report on the strike force's effectiveness to the specified congressional committees within 270 days.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 384 | 9 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Lead official and report recipients named: benefit, low. This bill would name the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to set up the strike force and send its report. It would direct that report to the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Agriculture. It would also send it to the Senate Committees…
- Faster broadband permits on public lands: benefit, low. This bill would create an interagency strike force within 180 days. It would push the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, including their local offices, to put permit reviews first. Reviews would cover permissions like easements, rights‑of‑way, leases, or licenses to place or upgrade…

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- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
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- 119-hr-2902: SOAR Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-1681 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1681)

## Related
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-2902: SOAR Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2902)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1681 (as of 2026-09-21).