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H. Rept. 119-516,Part 1 1 (2026-02-24)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaibn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 119TH CONGRESS REPT.119-516 2d Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 ENHANCING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEWS FOR BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACT FEBRUARY 24, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 5419] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 5419) to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec- retary of Agriculture to develop a plan for ensuring timely review of communications use authorizations, and for other purposes, hav- ing considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amend- ments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendments are as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act. SEC. 2. ENSURING TIMELY REVIEW OF BROADBAND LAND USE AUTHORIZATIONS. (a) STUDY AND REPORT.- (1) STUDY.-The Secretaries concerned shall each conduct, with respect to the relevant covered department, a study to determine- (A) if there are programmatic or administrative barriers to the timely re- view of requests for broadband land use authorizations; (B) if there are revisions to rules or regulations that could be imple- mented to improve efficiency with respect to reviewing requests for broadband land use authorizations; and (C) if there are processes for prioritizing the review of requests for broadband land use authorizations. (2) REPORT.-Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries concerned shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that- (A) describes the results of the studies conducted under paragraph (1), in- cluding any barriers, revisions, or processes identified under subparagraphs (A) through (C) of such paragraph; and (B) includes a plan for providing, with respect to the organizational units of the relevant covered departments, the staffing necessary to ensure timely review of broadband land use authorizations. 69-006