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S. 713 119th Congress Senate

Broadband Buildout Accountability Act

Official title: A bill to apply the Freedom of Information Act to actions and decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information in carrying o… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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.

Introduced: February 25, 2025 Introduced by: Rick Scott Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 25, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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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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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 713: Broadband Buildout Accountability Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-713/
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"S. 713: Broadband Buildout Accountability Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-713/.
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S. 713, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-713/.
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