Broadband Buildout Accountability Act
Official title: To apply the Freedom of Information Act to actions and decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information in carrying out the … Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To apply the Freedom of Information Act to actions and decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information in carrying out the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Broadband Buildout Accountability Act
This bill makes actions or decisions of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration concerning the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program subject to the Freedom of Information Act, which governs the release of federal documents.
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- NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION
- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
- COX ENTERPRISES INC.
- NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION
- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
- COX ENTERPRISES INC.
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)
- Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- White House Office
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1579: Broadband Buildout Accountability Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1579/
"H.R. 1579: Broadband Buildout Accountability Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1579/.
H.R. 1579, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1579/.
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