Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2026
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
The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Lifeline enrollment outreach grants and expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 3. It relies on appropriations, grants, reporting requirements, and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Agriculture and Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Lifeline enrollment outreach grants.
- Expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 3.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Lifeline enrollment outreach grants and expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 3.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Transportation
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Lifeline enrollment outreach grants and expands a appropriation, grant, compliance mandate provision: 3.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, …
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?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Federal Communications Commission. The term covered individual means an individual who— is an eligible-but-not-enrolled individual
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