S 323 · 119th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

PLAN for Broadband Act

Introduced 2025-01-29· Sponsored by Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.(2025-03-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Proper Leadership to Align Networks for Broadband Act or the PLAN for Broadband Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to develop and implement a national strategy to improve the coordination and management of federal broadband programs and agency consideration of applications to build or maintain broadband infrastructure on federal property.  The NTIA must also develop and publish for public comment a plan for the implementation of the national strategy. Among other requirements, the implementation plan must establish, for federal broadband programs that are not technologically neutral (i.e., programs that involve a preference for certain broadband technologies), a ceiling on the amount of funding that may be awarded to support the provision of broadband service to a single location.  The bill also requires executive branch agencies to identify and address factors that contribute to delays in their review of applications for easements, rights-of-way, or leases related to communications infrastructure projects on federal property. (Under current law, agencies are generally required to act on such applications with…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

S. 323, PLAN for Broadband Act

Oct 23, 2025

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025

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Cosponsors (2)

2 Democrats