Nationwide Dig Once Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 7, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jun 4, 2021
Introduced in House
Jun 4, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Plain-English summary
Nationwide Dig Once Act of 2021
This bill requires states to incorporate broadband infrastructure in construction projects that are supported with federal highway funds. It also establishes a task force to evaluate the costs of a nationwide dig once requirement (a requirement to minimize the number and scale of repeated excavations relating to the installation of broadband infrastructure in rights-of-way).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3703: Nationwide Dig Once Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3703/
"H.R. 3703: Nationwide Dig Once Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3703/.
H.R. 3703, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3703/.
[H.R. 3703: Nationwide Dig Once Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3703/)