3.0.0 4459 2026-09-08T18:12:22Z 2026-09-08T18:12:22Z Senate S S 2026-04-30 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4459 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2026-04-30T17:57:03Z Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act 119 2474 HR 2026-03-25 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS 2026-04-30 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2026-04-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001104 Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] Jon Husted R OH N A000382 Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] Angela Alsobrooks D MD 2026-04-30 True Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 2026-05-21T15:14:44Z 00 2026-04-30 Introduced in Senate 2026-05-26T12:26:05Z Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress on the Appalachian Regional Commission’s capability to incorporate satellites in broadband projects. Specifically, the study must review and analyze the capacity and cost-effectiveness of using satellite broadband service for business purposes and economic development. 

]]> Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act Display Title 45 Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act 2026-05-09T05:23:45Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act 2026-05-09T05:23:43Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the capability of the Appalachian Regional Commission to include satellites in broadband projects, and for other purposes. 2026-05-09T05:18:34Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2026-04-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s4459is/xml/BILLS-119s4459is.xml 2026-04-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.