Bipartisan Bill to Increase Broadband Coverage

Sens Steve Daines (R-MT) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the bipartisan “Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act” to increase access to existing infrastructure that will allow easier and faster installation of broadband services. The bill would:

• Make it easier for broadband companies to receive federal-right-of-way licenses allowing them to install broadband alongside existing infrastructure like federal highways.
• Ensure costs of federal-right-of-way licenses are fair market prices.
• Increase transparency into the federal right-of-way license awarding process.