1HOUSE · APR 20, 2026
Passed the House
384–9PASSED
R 184–9 D 199–0 I 1–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 125 · 37 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act
Official title: To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to ensure that certain Federal land management agencies, including the organizational units of such agencies, prioritize the review of requests for communications use authorizations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gabe Evans R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee actionApr 9, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 20, 2026 · 384–9
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 21, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1681.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1681, Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act” on August 8, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 9, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61647
- CBO publication date
- August 8, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1681, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1681
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1681, Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act” on February 13, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 4, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62117
- CBO publication date
- February 13, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1681, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1681
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 119-439,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 119-439,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/439
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/439 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1681, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1681
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EVANS of Colorado, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H919):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1681, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1681
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
590d112f951afcdbdef7c9ba453bbc6d9a39dae7a04a0cd1901f7522915f0805
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1681. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.