House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a plan for ensuring timely review of communications use authorizations, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 11, 2026
- Passed HouseMar 3, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5419.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5419, Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act” on February 27, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 24, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 27, 2026 ↗
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62198
- CBO publication date
- February 27, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5419, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-516 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on February 24, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 24, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5419, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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. KEAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 152, September 17, 2025, Page H4411):The U.S. Constitution: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 5419, 119th Congress
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- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Kean.
Sponsor’s state and district
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