[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5173 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5173

To 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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 8, 2023

Mr. 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 Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To 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.

    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 Buildout Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 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')''.
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