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119th Congress Public Lands and Natural Resources

H.R. 5419: Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

Passed HouseMar 3, 2026

  1. Introduced (completed)Sep 17, 2025
  2. Passed House (completed)Mar 3, 2026
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Sep 17, 2025

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.)

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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86 points earned
  1. 1Thomas Kean R-NJ SponsorIntroduced, marked up, reported, discharged, passed House5 events+86
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History

  1. Mar 3, 2026Passed the House by voice vote.
  2. Sep 17, 2025Introduced in the House by Thomas Kean.
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  1. Mar 4, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Mar 3, 2026Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Mar 3, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2352-2353)
  4. Mar 3, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5419.
  5. Mar 3, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2352)
  6. Mar 3, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2352)
  7. Mar 3, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  8. Mar 3, 2026The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  9. Feb 24, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-516, Part I.
  10. Feb 24, 2026Committee on Agriculture discharged.
  11. Feb 24, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 441.
  12. Feb 11, 2026Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
  13. Feb 11, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  14. Feb 11, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  15. Dec 11, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
  16. Dec 4, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  17. Sep 17, 2025Introduced in House
  18. Sep 17, 2025Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.