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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8354

Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development Act

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Introduced 2026-04-16Topic: infrastructure utilities · technology privacy · governance ethics

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This bill would cancel certain actions taken by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2018 about building wireless and wireline broadband networks. It names the FCC actions published as "Accelerating Wireless and Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment" (83 Fed. Reg. 51867). It also names the FCC's Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling (FCC 18-111). Under the bill, these FCC actions would have no force or effect. The bill describes this as preserving the rights of state and local governments.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-04-16HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.refer
2026-04-16Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-04-16Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-20. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.