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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8354

Introduced

Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development Act

Sponsor
RChristopher H. Smith· New Jersey
Introduced
April 16, 2026
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.April 16, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8354 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8354

To provide that certain actions by the Federal Communications 
Commission shall have no force or effect.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 16, 2026

Mr. Smith of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To provide that certain actions by the Federal Communications 
Commission shall have no force or effect.

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 ``Securing Local Communities Input in 
Broadband Development Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

Actions by the Federal Communications Commission in ``Accelerating 
Wireless and Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to 
Infrastructure Investment'' (83 Fed. Reg. 51867) and the Federal 
Communications Commission's Declaratory Ruling in ``Third Report and 
Order and Declaratory Ruling'' (FCC 18-111) shall have no force or 
effect.
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