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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 25, 2025
Broadband Buildout Accountability Act
This bill makes actions or decisions of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration concerning the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program subject to the Freedom of Information Act, which governs the release of federal documents.
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Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] · R–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-25 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The Broadband Buildout Accountability Act proposes applying the Freedom of Information Act, the federal public-records law, to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, as described in section 2’s heading. It would insert an explicit FOIA exception into an existing statutory provision. Because that provision is not reproduced, the supplied text does not establish the full scope of program records or entities that would be covered.
This Act may be cited as the Broadband Buildout Accountability Act.
2. Applicability of FOIA to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Section 60102(o)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702(o)(2)) is amended by inserting after Act’) the following: , except for section 552 of that title (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act).
Section 2 would amend section 60102(o)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by inserting an exception for section 552, identified as the Freedom of Information Act, immediately after “Act’)”. This is a proposed textual change, not evidence that the governing law has already changed.
Section 60102(o)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702(o)(2)) is amended by inserting after Act’) the following: , except for section 552 of that title (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act).
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated December 5, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 25, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-05T22:01:25Z. 2025-02-25: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-02-25: Introduced in House
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