Broadband Buildout Accountability Act

Bill: 119-s-713
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2025-02-25
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Broadband Buildout Accountability Act</strong></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 713 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 25, 2025 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Barrasso , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Curtis , Mr. Sullivan , Mr. Wicker , and Mr. Young ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Broadband Buildout Accountability Act . 2. Applicability of FOIA to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Section 60102(o)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( 47 U.S.C. 1702(o)(2) ) is amended by inserting after Act’) the following: , except for section 552 of that title (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act ) .