H.R. 2289

Summary

H.R. 2289, the American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Mar 24, 2025 by Rep. Earl Carter (R) with 14 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Apr 15, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 532.

Record

Text

H.R. 2289 has 14 co-sponsors.

119 HR 2289 IH: Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-24
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2289  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 24, 2025   Mr. Carter of Georgia  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on  Natural Resources , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned   A BILL
To provide that an eligible facilities request under section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act  .
2.
Application of NEPA and NHPA to wireless facilities deployment
Section 6409(a)(3) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1455(a)(3) ) is amended to read as follows:
(3)
Application of NEPA; NHPA
(A)
NEPA exemption
A Federal authorization with respect to an eligible facilities request may not be considered a major Federal action under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C) ).
(B)
National Historic Preservation Act exemption
An eligible facilities request may not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United States Code.
(C)
Federal authorization defined
In this paragraph, the term  Federal authorization —
(i)
means any authorization required under Federal law with respect to an eligible facilities request; and
(ii)
includes any permits, special use authorizations, certifications, opinions, or other approvals as may be required under Federal law with respect to an eligible facilities request.
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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Earl Carter (R) sponsors H.R. 2289, and 14 members have co-sponsored it.

Earl Carter

Rep. · R–GA-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 24, 2025

Rick Allen

Rep. · R–GA-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 14, 2026

Dan Crenshaw

Rep. · R–TX-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 14, 2026

Russell Fry

Rep. · R–SC-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 14, 2026

Craig Goldman

Rep. · R–TX-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 14, 2026

Morgan Griffith

Rep. · R–VA-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 14, 2026

Erin Houchin

Rep. · R–IN-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 14, 2026

Robert Latta

Rep. · R–OH-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 14, 2026

Randy Weber

Rep. · R–TX-14 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 14, 2026

Troy Balderson

Rep. · R–OH-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 15, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 2289 went before 3 committees: Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce and Communications and Technology Subcommittee.

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Discharged From · Apr 15, 2026 · 395 Bills

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Reported By · Apr 15, 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. 2289, the latest H. Rept. 119-614.

• H. Rept. 119-614 — AMERICAN BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACT OF 2025

Actions

H.R. 2289 has taken 10 actions since Mar 24, 2025, the latest on Apr 15, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 2289 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2289 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025 — Display Title
• To provide that an eligible facilities request under section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews. — Official Title as Introduced
• American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

38 clients hired 24 firms and 176 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2289 in 85 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, Urban Development/Municipalities, Budget/Appropriations, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Environment/Superfund, Energy/Nuclear, Defense.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill. The 20 that filed most often, of 38.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 176.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2289 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 6 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2289’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 2289 carries 6 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Environmental assessment, monitoring, research to Telephone and wireless communication.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2289, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 53 (Monday, March 24, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CARTER of Georgia:H.R. 2289.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution[Page H1219]

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