HR2474Passed House
Expanding Appalachia’s Broadband Access Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-03-27
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
David J. Taylor
Republican · OH · Representative
Votes with party: 97.8% (554 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/T000490
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (0)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.
Latest Action
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2026-03-25
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksReferred To · 2026-03-25
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureReported By · 2026-03-20
Previously
- Environment and Public Works CommitteeReferred To · 2026-03-25
- Transportation and Infrastructure CommitteeReported By · 2026-03-20
- Transportation and Infrastructure CommitteeDischarged from · 2026-01-21
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureDischarged from · 2026-01-21
- Transportation and Infrastructure CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-01-21
Plain-English Summary
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 low-orbit 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.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Science, Technology, Communications
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