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H.R. 1579

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 1579, the Broadband Buildout Accountability Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 25, 2025 by Rep. August Pfluger (R) with 5 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Feb 25, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 1579 has 5 co-sponsors.

hb1579/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 1579 IH: Broadband Buildout Accountability Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-25
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1579  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 25, 2025   Mr. Pfluger  (for himself,  Mr. Carter of Georgia ,  Mr. Dunn of Florida ,  Mr. Balderson ,  Mr. Weber of Texas , and  Mr. Fulcher ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To apply the Freedom of Information Act to actions and decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information in carrying out the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program.
1.
Short title
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 ) .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-25
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Feb 25, 2025

hb1579/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (02/25/2025)

Sponsors

Rep. August Pfluger (R) sponsors H.R. 1579, and 5 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 1579 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Referred To · Feb 25, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1579 has taken 2 actions since Feb 25, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 25, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Feb 25, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Energy and Commerce Committee

Votes

H.R. 1579 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 1579, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 1579 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Broadband Buildout Accountability Act — Display Title
  • Broadband Buildout Accountability Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To apply the Freedom of Information Act to actions and decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information in carrying out the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 26 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1579 in 19 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, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Automotive Industry, Computer Industry, Copyright/Patent/Trademark.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia16—
COX ENTERPRISES INC.—District of Columbia16—
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia16—
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION—Virginia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION16—
COX ENTERPRISES INC.16—
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION16—
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 26.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
CLIFFORD RICCIO116
EMERALD LITKE-SMITH116
JAMES HOUTON116
KELSEY ODOM116
LEE FRIEDMAN116
MARIBETH COLLINS116
MICHAEL DEAN116
MICHAEL PAULS116
PAUL SCOLESE116
SAMUEL WALTON116
SONYA WENDELL MANFREDI116
STEPHANIE MATHIAS116
TIMOTHY DONOVAN116
KATHERINE FOSTER115
ALEXANDRIA FULLING114
CORY GARDNER114
JAMES ASSEY114
JOHN HOWES114
NICOLETTE GLISSON114
MICHAEL POWELL113

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$3.7M4th Quarter - Report
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$3.5M3rd Quarter - Report
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$3.3M1st Quarter - Report
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$3.2M1st Quarter - Report
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$3.2M2nd Quarter - Report
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$3.1M2nd Quarter - Report
COX ENTERPRISES INC.COX ENTERPRISES INC.2026 first_quarter$810K1st Quarter - Report
COX ENTERPRISES INC.COX ENTERPRISES INC.2026 second_quarter$750K2nd Quarter - Report
COX ENTERPRISES INC.COX ENTERPRISES INC.2025 second_quarter$680K2nd Quarter - Report
COX ENTERPRISES INC.COX ENTERPRISES INC.2025 first_quarter$660K1st Quarter - Report
COX ENTERPRISES INC.COX ENTERPRISES INC.2025 third_quarter$600K3rd Quarter - Report
COX ENTERPRISES INC.COX ENTERPRISES INC.2025 fourth_quarter$570K4th Quarter - Report
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATIONCOMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$170K2nd Quarter - Report
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATIONCOMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$160K3rd Quarter - Report
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATIONCOMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$160K2nd Quarter - Report
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATIONCOMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$160K1st Quarter - Report
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATIONCOMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$150K1st Quarter - Report
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATIONCOMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$150K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$130K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1579 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1579’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

hr1579/policy-areas.txt
Science, Technology, CommunicationsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com