[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1579 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1579

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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Broadband Buildout Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 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')''.
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