# 119-hr-5419: Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

119-hr-5419, Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5419
- Congress: 119
- Title: Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-09-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Streamline reviews for broadband land use authorizations on public and National Forest lands.** This bill would require the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to conduct a paired study and submit a joint report within one year identifying administrative barriers, possible rule and regulatory changes, and processes to prioritize requests to site or modify communications facilities on covered land. The report must include a staffing plan for Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service offices and clarifies key definitions and covered lands.

## Provisions PRIA read

- One-year study and staffing for broadband permits: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Interior and Agriculture Secretaries would each study how to speed reviews for broadband permits on public and National Forest lands. They would look for administrative barriers, needed rule changes, and ways to prioritize reviews. They would send one joint report to Congress not la…
- Defines covered lands and permit scope: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would set what permits the study covers. It would include easements, rights-of-way, leases, licenses, and similar permits from Interior or Agriculture to place or change communications facilities on public land or National Forest land. It would define which local offices count…

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- 119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2619: No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5419 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5419)

## Related
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6976)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-2619: No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2619)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5419 (as of 2026-09-10).