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H.R. 2399 · 119th Congress

Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025

Introduced Mar 27, 2025Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 61.

Summary

Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a process to vet applicants for certain funding programs that support affordable broadband deployment in high-cost areas, including rural communities.

Specifically, the FCC must conduct a rulemaking to develop a vetting process for applicants seeking funding under high-cost universal service programs for the deployment of a broadband-capable network and the provision of supported services over the network. The FCC must require applications for such funding to document each applicant’s technical, financial, and operational capabilities related to the proposed deployment, as well as a reasonable business plan.

The FCC must evaluate applications against reasonable and well-established standards and must consider each applicant’s history of compliance with the requirements of other government broadband funding programs. After the rulemaking is finalized, funds may only be awarded to applicants that satisfy the standards established therein.

Finally, the FCC must set financial penalties for applicants that default in some manner during the evaluation process before they are authorized to begin receiving support.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 61.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1662-1663)

  4. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2399.

  5. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1662-1663)

  6. House

    Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  7. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 55.

  8. House

    Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-78.

  9. House

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 1.

  10. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  11. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

  12. Introduced in House