Senate bill · 119th Congress · Public Law 119-89
Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025
Became law on May 11, 2026.
Official title: A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost universal service program funding.
Sponsor: Sen. Shelley Capito R-WVWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 5, 2025
- Passed SenateJun 26, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseApr 20, 2026 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentApr 30, 2026
- Became lawMay 11, 2026
Latest action: May 11, 2026 — Became Public Law No: 119-89.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 98.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 98, Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025” on March 10, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on February 5, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61245
- CBO publication date
- March 10, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 98, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/98
- 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-14 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 28, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/14
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 98, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/98
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c0f45a6028ae6987ef3590c34f218f2f7184097fee24fc8b64b61b9a3741037
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 98, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 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 — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
John Curtis (R-UT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Gary Peters (D-MI), Raphael Warnock (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 294 (119th) A resolution designating the week of May 18 through May 24, 2025, as "National Public Works Week".
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- S.J.Res. 55 (119th) A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…
- S. 4949 (119th) Water Resources Development Act of 2026
Related bills
- H.R. 2399 (119th) Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025Identical bill
- H.R. 1768 (119th) Lower Costs for Everyday Americans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.