Broadband Deployment and Economic Impact Study Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9286 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9286

 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the 
technologies used to provide broadband internet access service, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2026

  Mrs. McClain Delaney (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
   Beyer, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Fields, Mr. Figures, and Mr. 
   Clyburn) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the 
technologies used to provide broadband internet access service, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 Deployment and Economic 
Impact Study Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE 
              TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary shall conduct a 
        study to determine, with respect to each technology used to 
        provide broadband internet access service, the following:
                    (A) The workforce required for deployment.
                    (B) The economics of deployment.
                    (C) Application to varying geographies.
                    (D) Latency, speed (including download and upload 
                speeds), and capacity.
                    (E) The anticipated lifespan of such technology and 
                the equipment and infrastructure associated with such 
                technology.
                    (F) The cost to consumers of a monthly subscription 
                and required equipment.
            (2) Technologies included.--The technologies covered by the 
        study required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
                    (A) Fiber-optic cable.
                    (B) Cable modem.
                    (C) Digital subscriber line.
                    (D) Fixed wireless.
                    (E) 4G and 5G mobile wireless.
                    (F) Low-earth orbit satellite.
                    (G) Geostationary orbit satellite.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
        and Information.
            (2) Broadband internet access service.--The term 
        ``broadband internet access service'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal 
        Regulations (or any successor regulation).
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