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