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119th Congress · H.R. 5419 · Passed Origin

Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to study and report on any barriers to and staffing needs for completing timely reviews of requests for communications use authorizations. (These are requests for easements, rights-of-way, leases, licenses, or other authorizations to locate or modify a transmitting device, support structure, or other communications facility on public lands or National Forest System land.)

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SubjectsAdvisory bodiesCongressional oversightGovernment buildings, facilities, and propertyInfrastructure developmentIntergovernmental relationsInternet, web applications, social mediaLand use and conservation
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Thomas H. Kean Jr., R-NJ-7
2 terms · @CongressmanKean
251 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3007 · 202-225-5361
Committees (3)
  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
    Senate Standing · Activity Mar 4, 2026
  • Agriculture Committee
    House Standing · Activity Feb 24, 2026
  • Natural Resources Committee
    House Standing · Activity Feb 24, 2026
Actions (22)
  1. Mar 4, 2026 · via Senate
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Mar 3, 2026 · via House floor actions
    The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  3. Mar 3, 2026 · via House floor actions
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  4. Mar 3, 2026 · via House floor actions
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2352)
  5. Mar 3, 2026 · via Library of Congress
    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2352)
  6. Mar 3, 2026 · via House floor actions
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5419.
  7. Mar 3, 2026 · via House floor actions
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2352-2353)
  8. Mar 3, 2026 · via House floor actions
    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  9. Feb 24, 2026 · via House floor actions
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 441.
  10. Feb 24, 2026 · via House floor actions
    Committee on Agriculture discharged.
  11. Feb 24, 2026 · via Library of Congress
    Committee on Agriculture discharged.
  12. Feb 24, 2026 · via House floor actions
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-516, Part I.
  13. Feb 24, 2026 · via Library of Congress
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-516, Part I.
  14. Feb 11, 2026 · via House committee actions
    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  15. Feb 11, 2026 · via House committee actions
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  16. Feb 11, 2026 · via House committee actions
    Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
  17. Dec 11, 2025 · via House committee actions
    Subcommittee Hearings Held
  18. Dec 4, 2025 · via House committee actions
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  19. Sep 17, 2025 · via House floor actions
    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  20. Sep 17, 2025 · via House floor actions
    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  21. Sep 17, 2025 · via Library of Congress
    Introduced in House
  22. Sep 17, 2025 · via Library of Congress
    Introduced in House
IntroducedSep 17, 2025
Policy areaPublic Lands and Natural Resources

Constitutional authority cited

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 17, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KEAN:H.R. 5419.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The U.S. Constitution: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H4411]
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