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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 713 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To apply the Freedom of Information Act to actions and decisions of the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information |
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| 7 | 7 | | in carrying out the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY25, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | COTTof Florida (for himself, Mr. BARRASSO, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | C |
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| 13 | 13 | | URTIS, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. WICKER, and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the |
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| 14 | 14 | | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Judiciary |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To apply the Freedom of Information Act to actions and |
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| 18 | 18 | | decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for |
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| 19 | 19 | | Communications and Information in carrying out the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Broadband Buildout 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Accountability Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 713 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF FOIA TO THE BROADBAND EQ-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | UITY, ACCESS, AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 60102(o)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702(o)(2)) is amended by in-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | serting after ‘‘Act’)’’ the following: ‘‘, except for section 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 552 of that title (commonly referred to as the ‘Freedom 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | of Information Act’)’’. 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Æ |
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