# 119-hr-2817: Coastal Broadband Deployment Act

119-hr-2817, Coastal Broadband Deployment Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2817
- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2817
- Congress: 119
- Title: Coastal Broadband Deployment Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Exemptions from NEPA and NHPA review** for certain coastal broadband projects would speed deployment of communications facilities located entirely within floodplains. The bill narrows federal environmental and historic preservation checks for projects that require Federal Communications Commission permits or approvals, aiming to accelerate coastal broadband installation. - Families and coastal residents: Could see faster broadband build-out in floodplain areas because covered projects would skip certain federal environmental and historic reviews. - Communications companies and the FCC: Projects carried out entirely within a floodplain and under FCC jurisdiction would not be treated as a major federal action under NEPA and would not be treated as an undertaking under the National Historic Preservation Act, reducing review steps and permitting hurdles. - Historic preservation and environmental reviewers: Federal NEPA and NHPA reviews would not apply to these covered projects, narrowing the agencies' review role for FCC-regulated deployments in floodplains.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster federal permits for floodplain broadband: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would let certain broadband projects in floodplains skip routine environmental and historic reviews. The exemption would apply only to deployments or upgrades of communications facilities that need FCC approval and sit entirely within a floodplain defined in 44 C.F.R. 9.4. Any…

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- 119-hr-7613: ALERT Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2817 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2817)

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- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6976)
- [119-hr-4312: SCORE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4312)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-7613: ALERT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7613)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2817 (as of 2025-12-21).