Examining Solutions to Expedite Broadband Permitting

This hearing will focus on the following bills:

• H.R.278, the “BROADBAND Leadership Act” (Rep. Griffith)
• H.R.339, the “Broadband Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act” (Rep. Crenshaw)
• H.R.1343, the “Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act” (Reps. Pfluger and Soto)
• H.R.1541, the “Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act” (Rep. Rulli)
• H.R.1588, the “Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act” (Reps. Miller-Meeks and Dingell)
• H.R.1617, the “Wireless Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act of 2025” (Rep. Langworthy)
• H.R.1655, the “Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act” (Rep. Bentz)
• H.R.1665, the “DIGITAL Applications Act” (Reps. Cammack and Matsui)
• H.R. 1681, the “Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Act” (Rep. Evans and Craig)
• H.R.1731, the “Standard FEES Act” (Reps. Palmer and Ryan)
• H.R.1836, the “GRANTED Act of 2025” (Rep. Obernolte)
• H.R.1975, the “BEAD FEE Act of 2025” (Rep. Allen)
• H.R.2289, the “Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act” (Rep. Carter)
• H.R.2298, the “Reducing Barriers for Broadband on Federal Lands Act of 2025” (Rep. Fulcher)
• H.R.2817, the “Coastal Broadband Deployment Act” (Rep. Bilirakis)
• H.R.2975, the Broadband Incentives for Communities Act (Rep. Fletcher)
• H.R.3960, the “Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2025” (Rep. Dunn)
• H.R.4211, the “Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act” (Rep. Walberg)
• H.R.4927, the “CABLE Competition Act” (Rep. Houchin)
• H.R.5147, the “Winning the International Race for Economic Leadership and Expanding Service to Support Leadership Act” or the “WIRELESS Leadership Act” (Rep. Latta)
• H.R.5170, the “Cable Access for Broadband and Local Economic Leadership Act” or the “CABLE Leadership Act” (Rep. Balderson)
• H.R.5264, the “Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment for Broadband Infrastructure or the “SPEED for Broadband Infrastructure Act” (Rep. Goldman)
• H.R.5266, the “5G Using Previously Granted Rulings that Accelerate Deployment Everywhere Act” or the “5G UPGRADE Act” (Rep. Harshbarger)
• H.R.5273, the “Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act” (Rep. Joyce)
• H.R.5290, the “Cable Transparency Act” (Rep. Weber)
• H.R.5311, the “Connecting and Building Lines for Expedited Expansion Act” or the “CABLE Expansion Act” (Rep. Fedorchak)
• H.R.5318, the “Reducing Antiquated Permitting for Infrastructure Deployment Act” (Rep. Hudson)
• H.R. ____, the “TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act" (Rep. Fry)
• H.R. ___, the “Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act” (Rep. Joyce)