# 119-hr-2298: Reducing Barriers for Broadband on Federal Lands Act of 2025

119-hr-2298, Reducing Barriers for Broadband on Federal Lands Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] (R-ID); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2298
- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2298
- Congress: 119
- Title: Reducing Barriers for Broadband on Federal Lands Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] (R-ID)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Exempts certain broadband projects in federal rights-of-way from key environmental and historic preservation reviews to speed construction and upgrades.** This applies to wireline and wireless broadband infrastructure installed on federal land within a defined right-of-way and sets out related definitions. - Families and communities: Projects in rights-of-way may reach homes faster because they face fewer NEPA and historic preservation reviews. - Broadband providers: Makes it easier to install fiber, copper, towers, buildings, and other broadband improvements on federal rights-of-way by removing those two major review hurdles. - Federal agencies and preservation interests: Federal authorizations for these rights-of-way projects may not be treated as a "major Federal action" under NEPA and such projects may not be considered an "undertaking" under the National Historic Preservation Act. - Scope note: "Right-of-way" covers areas on, below, or above roads and adjacent land but does not include parts of the Interstate System.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster broadband projects on federal land: benefit, medium. This bill would let some broadband work on federal land skip certain environmental and historic reviews. It would apply only to projects in a right-of-way along roads, sidewalks, or similar areas. Interstate highway corridors are excluded. Getting a federal permit for these projects would not be tr…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act
- 119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2298 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2298)

## Related
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5582)
- [119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2709)
- [119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8206)
- [119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1897)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2298 (as of 2025-12-21).