HR 5419
Passed a chamber
Requires the Interior and Agriculture Secretaries to study why reviews of broadband equipment permits on federal public and National Forest land are slow and to report a staffing plan to Congress within one year.
Official title: Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
17-SEP-2025
Referred
17-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
11-FEB-2026
Reported
24-FEB-2026
On the calendar
24-FEB-2026
Passed
03-MAR-2026
Senate
Received
04-MAR-2026
- Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service chief, to study barriers, rule changes, and prioritization processes for broadband land use authorizations.
- Requires a joint report to the appropriate congressional committees within 1 year of enactment, describing the study results.
- Requires the report to include a plan for staffing Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service offices so broadband reviews are handled on time.
- Covers easements, rights-of-way, leases, and licenses that let communications facilities be placed or modified on public lands and National Forest System land.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (17-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 03-MAR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Agriculture Committee (House)
- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Federal Lands Subcommittee
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Senate)
Public Lands and Natural Resources
No cosponsors.