HR 1343
Passed a chamber
Requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to send Congress a plan for tracking applications on Form 299 for placing communications facilities on federal public lands and National Forest System land.
Official title: Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
13-FEB-2025
Referred
13-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
03-DEC-2025
Reported
04-FEB-2026
On the calendar
04-FEB-2026
Passed
20-APR-2026
Senate
Received
21-APR-2026
- Requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit a plan to Congress within 180 days of enactment
- The plan must describe how the Assistant Secretary would track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of each Form 299 for communications use authorization
- The plan must explain how applicants would get more transparency on the status of their applications and identify any potential barriers to implementation
- Covers communications facilities placed on public lands and National Forest System land managed by the Interior and Agriculture Departments
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (13-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 20-APR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
- Communications and Technology Subcommittee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Science, Technology, Communications
■ 2 D
2 Democrats