House passes the Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
APR 20, 2026 · 6:59 PM ET
Nearly unanimous: 384 to 9. Cleared the 262 needed by 122 votes.
What the House was voting on
H.R. 1681, known as the Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act, aims to bring high-speed internet to more people by cutting through government red tape. Currently, when internet providers want to build towers or lay cables on federal land, they often face long delays while waiting for government agencies to approve their applications. This bill creates a dedicated task force of experts whose job is to coordinate and speed up these reviews, specifically to help rural communities get connected faster.
Pass the Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act quickly, with no amendments, by a two-thirds vote.
Refuse to pass it this way. It can come back under a rule.
Creates a federal strike force to coordinate and track reviews of communications-facility requests on public lands.
Passed the House 384–9 on April 20, 2026. Now waiting in the Senate, 589 days after it was introduced.
- SUSPENSION
- Suspending the rules lets the House pass a bill fast, with no amendments and 40 minutes of debate, if two-thirds agree.
262 is two-thirds of the 393 members voting yes or no. Members voting “present” or absent don’t count.
- SUSPENSION
- Suspending the rules lets the House pass a bill fast, with no amendments and 40 minutes of debate, if two-thirds agree.
Nearly unanimousNearly unanimous.
Every vote on H.R. 1681, in both chambersEvery vote on H.R. 1681
- JAN 12Reported by Natural ResourcesREPORTED
- MAR 26Reported by Energy and CommerceREPORTED
- MAR 26Discharged from committeeDISCHARGED
- APR 20#125THIS VOTESuspend the rules and passPASSED384–9122 votes to spare over the 262 needed.
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