HR 2289 United States House · 119th Congress

American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025

HR 2289, the Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act, exempts wireless broadband infrastructure deployments from certain federal environmental and historic preservation reviews. Specifically, it removes the requirement for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) reviews when federal agencies approve "eligible facilities requests" for wireless facilities. This directly affects wireless providers seeking federal permits to build broadband infrastructure, streamlining their approval process by eliminating these specific review requirements. The bill modifies existing law to treat such deployments as not constituting "major Federal actions" under NEPA or "undertakings" under NHPA.

Issues: ✗ Environment ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Last action Apr 15, 2026

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee on Natural Resources discharged.

lower

Apr 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-614, Part I.

lower

Dec 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Nov 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 12.

lower

Nov 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

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.

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 14 co-sponsors