House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act
Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to streamline the deployment of telecommunications or broadband service facilities in the public rights-of-way and the rights-of-way of railroad carriers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. John Joyce R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 17, 2025
- Committee actionDec 3, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6046.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 193, November 17, 2025, Page H4705):Article I, Section 8, Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 37 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6046, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
268b339ad23bcf8dc216ecf6fd3afe85248bdc7f6e856467e9631aa4eed3f2e5
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6046, last updated February 3, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
4 of 4 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Greg Landsman (D-OH), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Joyce.
- H.J.Res. 88 (119th) Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection…
- H.R. 1703 (119th) Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2026
- H.R. 6398 (119th) RED Tape Act
- H.R. 9693 (119th) Patients First Act of 2026
- H.R. 7905 (119th) Diabetes Foot Health Access and Modernization Act of 2026
- H.R. 783 (119th) Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.