118 HR 5173 IH: Broadband Buildout Accountability Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-08-08 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5173IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESAugust 8, 2023Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Fulcher) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo apply the Freedom of Information Act to actions and decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information in carrying out the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Broadband Buildout Accountability Act.

2.

Applicability of FOIA to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program

Section 60102(o)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702(o)(2)) is amended by inserting after Act’) the following: , except for section 552 of that title (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act).