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Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2018

Introduced: April 26, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jan 17, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jan 16, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 16, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2018

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to require states to evaluate the need to install broadband conduit in any project to construct a new highway or additional lane or paved shoulder for an existing highway that is begun after the enactment of this bill and that receives funding under the federal-aid highway program.

What's happening now January 17, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2381 Related bill Streamlining and Investing in Broadband Infrastructure Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 16
Faso, John
· Apr 26, 2018
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Mar 19, 2018
Curbelo, Carlos
· Mar 6, 2018
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 16, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 16, 2018
Collins, Chris
· Feb 16, 2018
Comstock, Barbara
· Feb 16, 2018
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 16, 2018
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Feb 16, 2018
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Feb 16, 2018
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 16, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Feb 16, 2018
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Feb 16, 2018
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 16, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 16, 2018
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Feb 16, 2018
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Feb 16, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4800: Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4800/
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"H.R. 4800: Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4800/.
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