WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, announced a subcommittee markup of 28 bills to streamline broadband permitting.

WHAT: Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup of 28 bills.

DATE: Tuesday, November 18, 2025

TIME: 10:15 AM ET

LOCATION: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

Items to be considered:

• H.R. 1343, Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act (Reps. Pfluger and Soto)

• H.R. 1588, Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act (Reps. Miller-Meeks and Dingell)

• H.R. 1665, DIGITAL Applications Act (Reps. Cammack and Matsui)

• H.R. 1681, Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Act (Rep. Evans and Craig)

• H.R. 1731, Standard FEES Act (Reps. Palmer and Ryan)

• H.R. ____, the Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act (Reps. Joyce, Landsman, and

Peters)

• H.R. 2289, Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act (Rep. Carter)

• H.R. 278, BROADBAND Leadership Act (Rep. Griffith)

• H.R. 339, Broadband Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act (Rep. Crenshaw)

• H.R. 1541, Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act (Rep. Rulli)

• H.R. 1617, Wireless Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act of 2025 (Rep. Langworthy)

• H.R. 1655, Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act (Rep. Bentz)

• H.R. 1836, GRANTED Act of 2025 (Rep. Obernolte)

• H.R. 1975, BEAD FEE Act of 2025 (Rep. Allen)

• H.R. 2298, Reducing Barriers for Broadband on Federal Lands Act of 2025 (Rep. Fulcher)

• H.R. 2817, Coastal Broadband Deployment Act (Rep. Bilirakis)

• H.R. 3960, Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2025 (Rep. Dunn)

• H.R. 4211, Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act (Rep. Walberg)

• H.R. 4927, CABLE Competition Act (Rep. Houchin)

• H.R. 5147, Winning the International Race for Economic Leadership and Expanding Service to Support Leadership Act or WIRELESS Leadership Act (Rep. Latta)

• H.R. 5170, Cable Access for Broadband and Local Economic Leadership Act or the CABLE Leadership Act (Rep. Balderson)

• H.R. 5264, Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment for Broadband Infrastructure or the “SPEED for Broadband Infrastructure Act (Rep. Goldman)

• H.R. 5266, 5G Using Previously Granted Rulings that Accelerate Deployment Everywhere Act or the 5G UPGRADE Act (Rep. Harshbarger)

• H.R. 5273, Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act (Rep. Joyce)

• H.R. 5290, Cable Transparency Act (Rep. Weber)

• H.R. 5311, Connecting and Building Lines for Expedited Expansion Act or the CABLE Expansion Act (Rep. Fedorchak)

• H.R. 5318, Reducing Antiquated Permitting for Infrastructure Deployment Act (Rep. Hudson)

• H.R. 5358, TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act (Rep. Fry)

This notice is at the discretion of the Chairman. The hearing will be open to the public and press and will be livestreamed at energycommerce.house.gov. If you have any questions concerning this hearing, please ocntact Noah Jackson at Noah.Jackson@mail.house.gov. If you have any press-related questions, please contact Daniel Kelly at Daniel.Kelly@mail.house.gov.

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