House Commerce Seeks Floor Votes on Broadband, Supply Chain Bills in Bid to Secure Robocall Measure's Senate Passage
The House Commerce Committee is “working hard” to ready the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (Broadband Data) Act broadband mapping legislative package (HR-4229) and the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (HR-4998) for floor votes as soon as next…
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week in a bid to follow through on a deal to pass them in tandem with the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (Traced) Act (S-151), a spokesperson said. The House cleared S-151 last week on a 417-3 vote (see 1912040028). House Commerce advanced HR-4229 and HR-4998 in November (see 1911210057). Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., acknowledged in an interview that “we’ve got a couple of bills that are linked” with S-151 for simultaneous floor action. The deal could complicate Thune’s bid to swiftly move S-151 through the Senate via unanimous consent following what he believes is an end (see 1912110038) to concerns voiced by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., also cited the need for the House to follow through on the previously-reached “three-bill agreement.” Senate Commerce advanced HR-4229 companion S-1822 in July (see 1907240061), along with the U.S. 5G Leadership Act (S-1625), which like HR-4998 would provide funding to help U.S. communications providers remove from their networks Chinese equipment determined to threaten national security.