Hearing
Examining Solutions to Expedite Broadband Permitting.
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- Title
- Examining Solutions to Expedite Broadband Permitting
- Committee
- Committee on Energy and Commerce / Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Date line
- Thursday, September 18, 2025 (2:00 PM)
- Published
- September 12, 2025 at 09:13 AM
- Last updated
- April 2, 2026 at 02:29 PM
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Witnesses
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Mr. Jonathan Spalter
President & CEO, USTelecom—The Broadband Association
USTelecom—The Broadband AssociationMr. Patrick Halley
President & CEO, Wireless Infrastructure Association
Wireless Infrastructure AssociationMr. Drew Garner
Director of Policy Engagement, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Benton Institute for Broadband & SocietyDocuments
Source materials
bill text1. H.R.278, the “BROADBAND Leadership Act” (Rep. Griffith)bill text2. H.R.339, the “Broadband Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act” (Rep. Crenshaw)bill text3. H.R.1343, the “Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act” (Reps. Pfluger and Soto)bill text4. H.R.1541, the “Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act” (Rep. Rulli)bill text5. H.R.1588, the “Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act” (Reps. Miller-Meeks and Dingell)bill text6. H.R.1617, the “Wireless Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act of 2025” (Rep. Langworthy)bill text7. H.R.1655, the “Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act” (Rep. Bentz)bill text8. H.R.1665, the “DIGITAL Applications Act” (Reps. Cammack and Matsui)bill text9. H.R. 1681, the “Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act” (Rep. Evans and Craig)bill text10. H.R.1731, the “Standard FEES Act” (Reps. Palmer and Ryan)bill text11. H.R.1836, the “GRANTED Act of 2025” (Rep. Obernolte)bill text12. H.R.1975, the “BEAD FEE Act of 2025” (Rep. Allen)bill text13. H.R.2289, the “Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act” (Rep. Carter)bill text14. H.R.2298, the “Reducing Barriers for Broadband on Federal Lands Act of 2025” (Rep. Fulcher)bill text15. H.R.2817, the “Coastal Broadband Deployment Act” (Rep. Bilirakis)bill text16. H.R.2975, the Broadband Incentives for Communities Act (Rep. Fletcher)bill text17. H.R.3960, the “Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2025” (Rep. Dunn)bill text18. H.R.4211, the “Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act” (Rep. Walberg)bill text19. H.R.4927, the “CABLE Competition Act” (Rep. Houchin)bill text20. H.R.5147, the “Winning the International Race for Economic Leadership and Expanding Service to Support Leadership Act” or the “WIRELESS Leadership Act” (Rep. Latta)bill text21. H.R.5170, the “Cable Access for Broadband and Local Economic Leadership Act” or the “CABLE Leadership Act” (Rep. Balderson)bill text22. H.R.5264, the “Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment for Broadband Infrastructure or the “SPEED for Broadband Infrastructure Act” (Rep. Goldman)bill text23. H.R.5266, the “5G Using Previously Granted Rulings that Accelerate Deployment Everywhere Act” or the “5G UPGRADE Act” (Rep. Harshbarger)bill text24. H.R.5273, the “Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act” (Rep. Joyce)bill text25. H.R.5290, the “Cable Transparency Act” (Rep. Weber)bill text26. H.R. 5311, the “Connecting and Building Lines for Expedited Expansion Act” or the “CABLE Expansion Act” (Rep. Fedorchak)bill text27. H.R. 5318, the “Reducing Antiquated Permitting for Infrastructure Deployment Act” (Rep. Hudson)bill text29. H.R. ___, the “Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act” (Rep. Joyce)bill text28. H.R. ____, the “TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act" (Rep. Fry)noticeHearing NoticememorandumHearing MemoDocumentDocuments for the RecordDocumentOpening Statement: Richard HudsonDocumentOpening Statement: Doris MatsuiDocumentOpening Statement: Yvette ClarkeDocumentOpening Statement: Brett GuthrietranscriptHearing Transcript