H. R. 8230, also known as the “Facilitating Optimal and Rapid Expansion and Siting of Telecommunications Act” or the “FOREST Act,” aims to simplify the process for obtaining permits for communication infrastructure on National Forest System lands. This bill removes the...
The FOREST Act is a plan to make it easier and faster for companies to set up things like cell towers in forests by skipping some usual checks if they use places already checked out before.
The bill H.R. 9340, titled the “Supporting National Security with Spectrum Act,” aims to increase funding for the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) “rip and replace” program from $1.9 billion to $4.98 billion, and it allocates an additional $3.08 billion for this...
The bill wants to give more money to the people who make sure our phones and computers talk safely to each other, and it plans to hold a big auction to sell rights for using invisible airwaves that help us talk on our devices.
H. R. 9766, titled the "Undersea Cable Security and Protection Act," aims to establish an interagency working group, led by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to address security concerns related to undersea telecommunications cables. This group will create a report...
H.R. 9766 is about getting different groups in the government to work together to make sure the internet cables under the ocean are safe and not messed with by other countries. They're going to study how to protect these cables better and tell Congress what they find out.
H.R. 3385 directs the Secretary of Commerce to prepare a report for Congress evaluating a plan to lay a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable that would link the U.S. mainland, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria. This report is intended to explore the cable's...
This bill asks a person in charge, called the Secretary of Commerce, to make a report for Congress about if it's a good idea to put a big internet cable under the ocean that connects the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria. The report will look at how helpful this cable might be and if it can really happen, and they have one year to share what they find out.
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