Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
Sponsored By: Representative Pfluger
Passed House
Summary
This bill would require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to deliver a plan within 180 days that improves tracking and transparency of Form 299 processing for communications authorizations on public and National Forest lands. The plan must describe how each Form 299 will be tracked from acceptance through disposition, how applicants will receive status updates, how the system can be implemented quickly, and what barriers to implementation exist.
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- Applicants for communications use authorizations would get clearer information about the status of their Form 299 filings, showing acceptance, processing, and final disposition in a more transparent way.
- Federal land managers and agencies would be in scope because the bill covers public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and National Forest System lands; the plan must identify implementation barriers on those lands.
- The plan must be provided to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to inform congressional oversight and potential follow-up actions.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Pfluger
TX • R
Cosponsors
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
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