H.R. 8354

Summary

H.R. 8354, the Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development Act, was introduced in the House on Apr 16, 2026 by Rep. Christopher Smith (R). It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Apr 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 8354 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 8354 IH: Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-04-16
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 8354  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 16, 2026   Mr. Smith of New Jersey  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To provide that certain actions by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development Act  .
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Preservation of rights of state and local governments
Actions by the Federal Communications Commission in  Accelerating Wireless and Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment  (83 Fed. Reg. 51867) and the Federal Communications Commission’s Declaratory Ruling in  Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling  (FCC 18–111) shall have no force or effect.

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To provide that certain actions by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect.

Sponsors

Rep. Christopher Smith (R) sponsors H.R. 8354 alone.

Christopher Smith

Rep. · R–NJ-4 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 8354 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Apr 16, 2026 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 8354 has taken 2 actions since Apr 16, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 8354 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 8354 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development Act — Display Title
• To provide that certain actions by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect. — Official Title as Introduced
• Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 3 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 8354 in 1 quarterly filing, 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 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 8354 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 8354’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 8354, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 67 (Thursday, April 16, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:H.R. 8354.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution[Page H2961]

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