H.R. 5419 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-09
Introduced: 2025-09-17
Latest action (2026-03-04): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
What H.R. 5419 does, in plain terms
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.)
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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