H.R. 1343 · Passed House · Science, Technology, Communications

Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act

Sponsor: August Pfluger (R-TX)

What it does

• Requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to submit a plan to Congress for tracking communications use authorization applications.
• Covers the acceptance, processing, and disposition of those applications.
• Applies to requests for easements, rights-of-way, leases, licenses, or other authorizations for communications facilities on public lands or National Forest System land.

Official summary

Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to submit a plan to Congress for tracking the acceptance, processing, and disposition of applications 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.)

Latest action

Apr 21, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Committee: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation