Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
PLAN for Broadband Act
Official title: A bill to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to develop a National Strategy to Synchronize Federal Broadband Programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Roger Wicker R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2025
- Committee actionMar 12, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 1, 2026 — By Senator Cruz from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 119-123. Minority views filed.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 323.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 323, PLAN for Broadband Act” on October 23, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61828
- CBO publication date
- October 23, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 323, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/323
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
50aaea3b101af319cf3404a7244937d6879893945eaabab1f6a8e763a7f93192
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-123 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on June 1, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/123
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 323, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/323
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
50aaea3b101af319cf3404a7244937d6879893945eaabab1f6a8e763a7f93192
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 446 (119th) A resolution recognizing the 250th birthday of the United States Navy.
- S.Res. 824 (119th) A resolution designating August 1, 2026, as "Gold Star Children's Day".
- S. 4164 (119th) A bill to make technical corrections to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.