H.R. 1343

Summary

H.R. 1343, the Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 13, 2025 by Rep. August Pfluger (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Commerce, Science, And Transportation, and last saw action on Apr 21, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Record

Text

H.R. 1343 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 1343 EH: Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 119th CONGRESS  2d Session
 H. R. 1343
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan for the Assistant Secretary to track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act  .
2.
Plan for assistant secretary to track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of certain form 299s
(a)
Plan
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan containing a description of—
(1)
the process by which the Assistant Secretary proposes to—
(A)
track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of each Form 299 for communications use authorization;
(B)
provide applicants additional transparency with respect to the status of the applicable Form 299 for communications use authorization; and
(C)
most expeditiously implement the plan; and
(2)
any potential barriers to implementing the plan that are identified by the Assistant Secretary.
(b)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Appropriate congressional committees
The term  appropriate congressional committees  means—
(A)
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and
(B)
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
(2)
Assistant secretary
The term  Assistant Secretary  means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
(3)
Communications facility
The term  communications facility  has the meaning given the term communications facility installation in section 6409(d) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1455(d) ).
(4)
Communications use
The term  communications use  means the placement and operation of a communications facility.
(5)
Communications use authorization
The term  communications use authorization  means an easement, right-of-way, lease, license, or other authorization—
(A)
provided by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture;
(B)
to locate or modify a communications facility on covered land; and
(C)
for the primary purpose of authorizing the occupancy and use of such covered land for communications use.
(6)
Covered land
The term  covered land  means—
(A)
public lands; and
(B)
National Forest System land.
(7)
Form 299
The term  Form 299  means the form established under section 6409(b)(2)(A) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(2)(A) ), or any successor form.
(8)
National forest system
The term  National Forest System  has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1609(a) ).
(9)
Public lands
The term  public lands  means land under the management of—
(A)
the Bureau of Land Management;
(B)
the National Park Service;
(C)
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or
(D)
the Bureau of Reclamation.
    Passed the House of Representatives April 20, 2026.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. August Pfluger (R) sponsors H.R. 1343, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

August Pfluger

Rep. · R–TX-11 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 13, 2025

Darren Soto

Rep. · D–FL-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 13, 2025 · Original

Greg Landsman

Rep. · D–OH-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 17, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 1343 went before 3 committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Energy and Commerce and Communications and Technology Subcommittee.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Referred To · Apr 21, 2026 · 458 Bills

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Reported By · Feb 4, 2026 · 1,636 Bills

Communications and Technology Subcommittee

Communications and Technology Subcommittee

Reported by · Nov 18, 2025

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 1343, the latest H. Rept. 119-485.

• H. Rept. 119-485 — FEDERAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT TRACKING ACT

Actions

H.R. 1343 has taken 16 actions since Feb 13, 2025, the latest on Apr 21, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 1343 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1343 goes by 7 titles, 4 of them short titles.

• Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act — Display Title
• Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
• Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan for the Assistant Secretary to track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
• Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan for the Assistant Secretary to track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 1343, the latest on Feb 17, 2026.

• H.R. 1343, Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act — 2026-02-17As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 4, 2026

Lobbying

13 clients hired 12 firms and 157 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1343 in 51 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Telecommunications, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Health Issues, Trade (domestic/foreign), Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Homeland Security, Small Business.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 157.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1343 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 5 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1343’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1343 carries 5 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Congressional oversight to Internet, web applications, social media.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1343, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PFLUGER:H.R. 1343.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H711]

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