119 S713 IS: Broadband Buildout Accountability Act U.S. Senate 2025-02-25 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.

II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 713IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESFebruary 25, 2025Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA 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.

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Short title

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

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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).