Broadband Deployment and Economic Impact Study Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9286 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9286

 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and
 Information to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the
technologies used to provide broadband internet access service, and for
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2026

  Mrs. McClain Delaney (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr.
   Beyer, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Fields, Mr. Figures, and Mr.
   Clyburn) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and
 Information to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the
technologies used to provide broadband internet access service, and for
                            other purposes.

    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 Deployment and Economic
Impact Study Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE
              TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary shall conduct a
        study to determine, with respect to each technology used to
        provide broadband internet access service, the following:
                    (A) The workforce required for deployment.
                    (B) The economics of deployment.
                    (C) Application to varying geographies.
                    (D) Latency, speed (including download and upload
                speeds), and capacity.
                    (E) The anticipated lifespan of such technology and
                the equipment and infrastructure associated with such
                technology.
                    (F) The cost to consumers of a monthly subscription
                and required equipment.
            (2) Technologies included.--The technologies covered by the
        study required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
                    (A) Fiber-optic cable.
                    (B) Cable modem.
                    (C) Digital subscriber line.
                    (D) Fixed wireless.
                    (E) 4G and 5G mobile wireless.
                    (F) Low-earth orbit satellite.
                    (G) Geostationary orbit satellite.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary''
        means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications
        and Information.
            (2) Broadband internet access service.--The term
        ``broadband internet access service'' has the meaning given
        such term in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal
        Regulations (or any successor regulation).
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