House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Broadband Incentives for Communities Act
Official title: To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a competitive grant program to assist local governments in providing efficient review and approval of zoning and permitting applications that facilitate the deployment of broadband infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Lizzie Fletcher D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2975.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FLETCHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 68, April 21, 2025, Page H1618):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2975, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 27, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lizzie Fletcher.
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- H.R. 4099 (119th) Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act
- H.R. 8968 (119th) No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act of 2026
- H.R. 7392 (119th) To impose a hiring freeze on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 369 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.