H.R. 5419 · Passed House · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

Sponsor: Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ)

What it does

• Requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to study barriers to timely review of communications use authorization requests.
• Requires the study to cover staffing needs for completing those reviews.
• Covers requests for easements, rights-of-way, leases, licenses, or other authorizations for communications facilities on public or National Forest System land, with a report on findings.

Official summary

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.)

Latest action

Mar 4, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources