Broadband Incentives for Communities Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2975 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2975 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a competitive grant program to assist local governments in providing efficient review and approval of zoning and permitting applications that facilitate the deployment of broadband infrastructure, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2025 Mrs. Fletcher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a competitive grant program to assist local governments in providing efficient review and approval of zoning and permitting applications that facilitate the deployment of broadband infrastructure, 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 Incentives for Communities Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Congress provided at least $42,500,000,000 through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) for Federal agencies to carry out broadband-support activities, including through competitive grants and other forms of financial assistance, to expand broadband connections to underserved rural communities and underserved low-income communities. (2) Local governments play a significant role in the deployment of broadband infrastructure through their zoning and permitting processes. (3) Local governments will need additional assistance to manage the expected accelerated pace of zoning and permitting applications that facil