[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1234 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1234

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 20, 2023

 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Moran, Mr. Lee, 
  Mr. Thune, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Young, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Johnson) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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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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