H.R. 2784

Summary

H.R. 2784, the Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Apr 9, 2025 by Rep. Laurel Lee (R) with 26 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Apr 9, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 2784 has 26 co-sponsors.

119 HR 2784 IH: Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-04-09
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2784  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 9, 2025   Ms. Lee of Florida  (for herself and  Mr. Veasey ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the destruction of broadband internet access service.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025  .
2.
Prohibiting destruction of broadband internet access service
Section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by inserting  , including facilities used to provide broadband internet access service  after  means of communication ;
(2)
by inserting  or by any other person or entity  after  operated or controlled by the United States ;
(3)
by striking  used or intended to be used for the military or civil defense functions of the United States ; and
(4)
by adding at the end the following:
For purposes of this section, the term  broadband internet access service —
(1)
means a mass-market retail service by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of the communications service, but excluding dial-up internet access service; and
(2)
includes any service that the Federal Communications Commission finds to be providing a functional equivalent of the service described in paragraph (1).
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To amend section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the destruction of broadband internet access service.

Sponsors

Rep. Laurel Lee (R) sponsors H.R. 2784, and 26 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Laurel Lee

Rep. · R–FL-15 · Sponsor

Introduced Apr 9, 2025

Marc Veasey

Rep. · D–TX-33 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 9, 2025 · Original

Michael Lawler

Rep. · R–NY-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 23, 2025

Troy Nehls

Rep. · R–TX-22 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 22, 2025

Marilyn Strickland

Rep. · D–WA-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 3, 2025

Barry Moore

Rep. · R–AL-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 26, 2025

Patrick Fallon

Rep. · R–TX-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 17, 2025

Jay Obernolte

Rep. · R–CA-23 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 7, 2025

Jake Ellzey

Rep. · R–TX-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 10, 2025

Yvette Clarke

Rep. · D–NY-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 12, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 2784 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Apr 9, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2784 has taken 2 actions since Apr 9, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 2784 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2784 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the destruction of broadband internet access service. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

14 clients hired 14 firms and 84 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2784 in 62 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, Budget/Appropriations, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Agriculture, Automotive Industry.

Clients

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

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 84.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2784 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2784’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2784, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 9, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. LEE of Florida:H.R. 2784.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H1563]

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