HR278-119

In Committee

BROADBAND Leadership Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 9, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to streamline siting processes for telecommunications service facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Civil Rights, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H319BF6B0DEC747B7874EBF3D8E81FF2E: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Barriers and Regulatory Obstacles Avoids Deployment of Broadband Access and Needs Deregulatory Leadership Act or...
  • Section H45D81FD417F2406CA2E877C893816775: 2. Removal of barriers to entry Section 253 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 253) is amended to read as follows: No State or local statute or...
  • Section HC682CDF7E9D74DC0BD790B03E5D7D5AD: 253. Removal of barriers to entry No State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement, may prohibit or have the effect of...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to streamline siting processes for telecommunications service facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Civil Rights, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to streamline siting processes for telecommunications service facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Civil Rights Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
technology companies and users of digital services: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies: ,
technology companies and users of digital services: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 9, 2025

Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Jan 9, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jan 9, 2025

Introduced in House

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Civil Rights Environment
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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