Proposed legislation related to infrastructure: July 17, 2025 – August 22, 2025

“Infrastructure” includes FAA, FCC, FTC, transportation, WiFi (Internet), and broadcast rights.

S.2320 – Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety and Oversight Improvements Act of 2025. To require the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations relating to the approval of foreign manufacturers of cylinders.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Bernie Moreno (R-OH). Cosponsored by Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day.

S.2321 – Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025. To make price gouging unlawful, to expand the ability of the Federal Trade Commission to seek permanent injunctions and equitable relief.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Cosponsored by eight Democratic Senators, including JOHN FETTERMAN, and one Independent (Bernie Sanders). Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day.
From the bill: It shall be unlawful for a person to sell or offer for sale a good or service at a grossly excessive price, regardless of the person’s position in a supply chain or distribution network. No matter where you are on the supply chain!
Comment: Hey, Republicans! You talk a great game about affordability! How ‘bout you step up to the plate and do something about it?

H.R.4528 – Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025. To make price gouging unlawful, to expand the ability of the Federal Trade Commission to seek permanent injunctions and equitable relief.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Janice Schakowsky (D-IL). Cosponsored by thirteen Democrats and no Republicans. Referred to Energy and Commerce and Committee on Financial Services the same day.
From the bill: It shall be unlawful for a person to sell or offer for sale a good or service at a grossly excessive price, regardless of the person’s position in a supply chain or distribution network. No matter where you are on the supply chain!
Comment: As with S.2321, where are Republicans? Does their silence mean they are fine with price gouging?

Executive communication 171-123, July 17, 2025, pages H3471-H3472: Attorney Advisor, Federal Railroad Commission, transmitting the final rule of the Department of Transportation were received by the Energy and Commerce Committee, as well as the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Only the administrative sections of the communication were sent to Energy and Commerce.
Note that various White House agencies submitted EC1440-EC1464 in one large “clump.” The communications covered topics like “modernizing dispatcher’s record of train movements” to “reflectorization of rail freight rolling stock.”

July 21, 2025 alert: H.Rept.119-194. “Communications Security Act.” Bill: H.R.1717.
H.R.1717, introduced by Robert Menendez (D-NJ) on February 27, 2025, directed the Federal Communications Commission “to establish a council to make recommendations on ways to increase the security, reliability, and interoperability of communications networks.”
On April 8, 2025, H.R.1717 was approved by Energy and Commerce 50-1. On July 15, 2025, it passed the House and was referred to the Senate. On July 16, 2025, it was referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation where it is stuck.

July 21, 2025 alert: H.Rept.119-196. “Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025.” Bill: H.R.1765.
H.R.1765, introduced by Thomas Kean (R-NJ) on March 3, 2025, directed the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information “to take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United States leadership in communications standards-setting bodies.” Specifically, 5G networks and the 3rd Generation Partnership Project. This was a bipartisan bill.
The bill had been approved by both committees (Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs) and passed the House on July 14, 2025. It was referred to the Senate on July 15, 2025.

EC1466: July 21, 2025. Letter from the Chief of Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission’s final rule - Amendment of Sections 73.622(j), Table of TV Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Las Vegas, Nevada); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

EC1467: July 21, 2025. Letter from the Chief, Policy and Rules Division, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission’s final rule - Promoting the Integrity and Security of Telecommunications Certification Bodies, Measurement Facilities, and the Equipment Authorization Program; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

S.2378 – SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025 (Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2025). To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish funds for investments in aviation security checkpoint technology.
Introduced July 22, 2025 by Jerry Moran (R-KS). Cosponsored by four Democrats and six Republicans. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day.
Comment and alert: This is a strong bipartisan bill. And it addresses something I was unaware of. You know those 9/11 safety fees that are tacked onto every airline ticket we purchase? The funds collected do not go into a budget item for airline safety. Shocking, I know.
This bill would do two things. First, it would force all 9/11 fees collected through airline ticket sales to go to aviation safety. Second, it would establish a second fund called the Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund (“ASCT” fund) that would funnel all revenue greater than $500 million annually into the ASCT fund, to improve risk detection at security checkpoints and exit lanes.
Why doesn’t this bill have traction?!

H.R.4590 – To codify Executive Order 14305 (relating to restoring American airspace sovereignty). (No short title.)
Introduced July 22, 2025 by Brad Finstad (R-MN). No cosponsors. Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure and Judiciary and Homeland Security and Energy and Commerce the same day.
Comment: Finstad wishes to codify Trump’s EO 14305, “Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty.” The EO has little to do with sovereignty. It’s a drone regulation EO.
As of December 31, 2025, no movement at all.

H.R.4592 – No Radioactive Roads Act of 2025. To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise section 61.206 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to approve certain distribution or use of phosphogypsum.
Introduced July 22, 2025 by Maxwell Frost (D-FL). Cosponsored by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL). Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day.
Comment: This would amend existing EPA regulations to approve certain distribution or use of phosphogypsum. Here is link to existing regulation.

July 22, 2025, passed the House and referred to the Senate. H.R.131 – Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act. To make certain modifications to the repayment for the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by Lauren Boebert (R-CO). Cosponsored by Jeff Hurd (R-CO). Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources the same day. July 10, 2025, amended with H.Rept. 119-187. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 152. Passed the House on July 22, 2025.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 22, 2025. December 16, 2025 discharged by committee. Passed the Senate on December 16, 2025.
Sent to President Trump for signature on December 18, 2025. Vetoed by President Trump on December 31, 2025. Trump said Colorado should pay for this. On December 31, 2025, Boebert accused Trump of retaliating against her for her discharge vote on the Epstein files and is calling for an override of Trump’s veto.
Congress.gov summary: This bill reduces payments that communities within the Arkansas River Valley must pay to the Bureau of Reclamation for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit, a pipeline in Colorado for delivering water from the Pueblo Reservoir to such communities. Specifically, it removes interest payments and extends the repayment period to 100 years.

EC1492: July 22, 2025. Letter from the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, transmitting the Department’s final rule - Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standard CIP-015-1—Cyber Security—Internal Network Security Monitoring; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.4649 - Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2025. To promote the use of smart technologies and systems in communities.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Suzan DelBene (D-WA). Cosponsored by Yvette Clarke (D-NY). Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and Science, Space, and Technology and Education and Workforce and Foreign Affairs the same day. No movement as of December 31, 2025.
Comment: This is a very long and comprehensive bill. If you read or write on this topic, please read the proposed legislation and comment here. I hoped I could quickly find differentiation between AI and other smart technology. It wasn’t easily findable.

H.R.4690 - Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act. To amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building energy efficiency performance standards.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY). Cosponsored by seven Republicans and no Democrats. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and Transportation and Infrastructure the same day.
On November 19, 2025, the House subcommittee on Energy held a markup session and forwarded the bill to the full committee with recommendation for approval. On December 3, 2025, the full committee approved the amended bill. Note that both votes went along party lines, with Democrats opposing and Republicans approving.
Comment: These Republicans keep making my point about harmful deregulation. In what universe does deregulation of energy efficiency standards help the average American citizen?

H.R.4721 - Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act (Healthy H2O Act). To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a grant program to assist with the purchase, installation, and maintenance of point-of-entry and point-of-use drinking water quality improvement products.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by David Rouzer (R-NC). Cosponsored by seventeen Democrats and only two Republicans. No cosponsors from rural Pennsylvania. Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture the same day. No movement as of December 31, 2025.
Comment: This legislation is straightforward and would do exactly what it says. If you live in a rural area, you know how pesticides affect our groundwater. One of my personal 2026 projects involves installation of a water purification system, since I use well water and my property backs up to a large cornfield.
Where are John Joyce and Lloyd Smucker?

H.R.4733 - Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program Establishment Act. To authorize the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Eric Sorensen (D-IL). Cosponsored by eleven Democrats and eight Republicans (Robert Bresnahan-PA, Brian Fitzpatrick-PA, Michael Lawler-NY, Delegate James Moylan-Guam, David Valadao-CA, Young Kim-CA, Nick LaLota-NY, and Harold Rogers-KY). Neither John Joyce nor Lloyd Smucker cosponsored. Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce the same day.
From the bill: The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, shall establish the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program to award grants, in accordance with paragraph (3), to eligible entities described in paragraph (2) to provide funds to owners and operators of public water systems or treatment works to assist low-income households in paying arrearages and other rates charged to such households for drinking water or wastewater services.
Comment: I am surprised not to see Republicans from desert states like Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, eastern California, and Utah cosponsor this bill. The cost of water in desert states can be prohibitive.

H.R.4751 - To amend the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to reauthorize certain programs. (No short title.)
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). Cosponsored by three Democrats and two Republicans, including Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1). Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day.
Comment: The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act only authorized expenditures for FY 2023 ($2.5 million) for the swimming pool safety grant program and for the education and awareness program. This bill would provide that same amount for 2025, 2026, and 2027 for both programs.
Original bill was H.R.1721, which passed in 2007.
There are no other amendments to the legislation. Merely extending the $5 million grants for another three years. It has passed previous Republican Congresses. I guess this tells us how far right the current House has moved.

S.2436 - Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act (Healthy H2O Act). To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a grant program to assist with the purchase, installation, and maintenance of point-of-entry and point-of-use drinking water quality improvement products.
Introduced July 24, 2025 by Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). Cosponsored by Susan Collins (R-ME). Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry the same day. Stuck in committee.
Comment: See H.R.4721 above.

S.2437 - Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 2025. To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act to reauthorize the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program.
Introduced July 24, 2025 by John Hickenlooper (D-CO). Cosponsored by John Curtis (R-UT). Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources the same day. Stuck in committee.
Comment: This would extend the existing Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act by striking “$15,000,000, in the aggregate, for fiscal years 2022 through 2026” and inserting “$6,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.” The proposed bill also appears to change the sort of technology funded under the Act.

July 24, 2025 alert: July 30, 2025 meeting. 10:00AM(EDT), 253 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. Business meeting. See July 30, 2025 for link to video of and supporting documents for the meeting, along with legislation discussed.

S.2478 - Freedom to Move Act. To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a grant program to support efforts to provide fare-free transit service.
Introduced July 28, 2025 by Edward Markey (D-MA). Cosponsored by Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs the same day. Stuck in committee.
Comment: The bill not only would provide grants to low-income individuals, foster children, and related. It would also fund safer bus stops, bike parking areas, and accessibility to public transportation. Unlike most Republican proposals, Markey and Warren discussed cost-benefit analysis and ROI.

EC1397 – July 28, 2025. From the Attorney-Advisor, Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled “Major Capital Investment Projects.”

S.2503 - ROTOR Act (Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform Act). To require all aircraft to be equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In, to improve aviation safety.
Introduced July 29, 2025 by Ted Cruz (R-TX). Cosponsored by eight Republicans and eight Democrats. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day.
October 21, 2025, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. November 18, 2025 passed committee, placed on Senate legislative calendar. December 17, 2025, passed unanimously by Senate.
December 18, 2025 referred to House. “Held at the desk.” Not referred to any committee. No actions taken in House as of December 31, 2025.

S.2520 - All Aboard Act of 2025. To establish a State rail formula grant program, to direct Federal Railroad Administration to create a Green Railroads Fund, to expand passenger rail programs, to address air quality concerns, to establish rail workforce training centers.
Introduced July 29, 2025 by Edward Markey (D-MA). Cosponsored by nine Democrats and one Independent (Bernie Sanders). Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day. Stuck in committee.
Comment: Legislation like this probably shouldn’t be introduced until Democrats control Congress. Tilting at windmills.

July 29, 2025 alert: Transcript of the Senate’s March 1, 2024 meeting was made available. “Importance of Great Lakes Icebreaking to the Regional Economy.” I miss having adults in the room.

EC1412 - July 29, 2025. From the Acting General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled “Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standard CIP-015-1 - Cyber Security - Internal Network Security Monitoring.”

H.R.4790 - All Aboard Act of 2025. To establish a State rail formula grant program, to direct Federal Railroad Administration to create a Green Railroads Fund, to expand passenger rail programs, to address air quality concerns, to establish rail workforce training centers.
Introduced July 29, 2025 by Christopher Deluzio (D-PA). Cosponsored by LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) and Summer Lee (D-PA). Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce the same day.
Comment: See S.2520 above. Same comment.

H.R.4811 - Cell-Site Simulator Warrant Act of 2025. To amend title 18, United States Code, to regulate the use of cell-site simulators.
Introduced July 29, 2025 by Ted Lieu (D-CA). Cosponsored by Tom McClintock (R-CA). Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and Intelligence (Permanent Select) and Armed Services and Energy and Commerce the same day. Stuck in committee.
Comment: Although this impacts infrastructure, it’s a Fourth Amendment bill. In addition to the general regulation regarding cell-site simulators, it also would make it illegal “for an element of the intelligence community to use a cell-site simulator outside the United States if the subject of the surveillance is a United States person.”

H.R.4816 - Safe Drinking Water for Disadvantaged Communities Act. To provide that funds made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for lead service line replacement projects be provided to disadvantaged communities in the form of forgivable loans or grants.
Introduced July 29, 2025 by Zachary Nunn (R-IA). Cosponsored by Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH) and Eugene Vindman (D-VA). Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day. Stuck in committee.
Comment: Where are the Michigan representatives? Have they already forgotten Flint?
See also S.2436.

S.2536 - Safeguarding American Tourism Act. To exempt large cruise ships from certain requirements applicable to passenger vessels.
Introduced July 30, 2025 by Mike Lee (R-UT). No cosponsors. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day.

S.2537 - Open America’s Ports Act. To adjust certain ownership and other requirements for passenger vessels.
Introduced July 30, 2025 by Mike Lee (R-UT). No cosponsors. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day.
Snarky comment: If I weren’t such a cynic, I might be tempted to believe that the cruise ship lobby lives in Mike Lee’s DC office. Because Utah, ahem, is landlocked.

July 30, 2025 alert: Transcripts of the February 27, 2025 meeting were made available. “Grand Theft Cargo: Examining the Costly Threat to Consumers and the U.S. Supply Chain.”

July 30, 2025 meeting: Video and supporting documents. Business meeting to consider: S.1691, to limit the use of facial recognition technology in airports; … S.2318, to amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the periodic update to the strategic plan to guide the Manufacturing USA Program to align with the mandatory updates to the National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing… and the nominations of Paul Roberti, of Rhode Island, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Jonathan Morrison, of California, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Seval Oz, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary, Michael Rutherford, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Gregory Zerzan, of Texas, to be General Counsel, all of the Department of Transportation, and Derek Barrs, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

EC1423 – July 30, 2025. From the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Department’s fiscal year 2024 annual report relative to the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act).

PN445-4 - Nomination received from president on July 30, 2025: Daniel Edwards, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Carol Annette Petsonk, resigned. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

S.2585 - MAP for Broadband Funding Act (Modernization, Accountability, and Planning for Broadband Funding Act). To modernize and improve the Broadband Funding Map in order to promote the most efficient use of Federal funds for broadband deployment.
Introduced July 31, 2025 by Deb Fischer (R-NE). Cosponsored by Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Stuck in committee.

S.2593 - PROTECT the Grid Act (Preventing Remote Operations by Threatening Entities on Critical Technology for the Grid Act). To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit a report assessing vulnerabilities to the electric grid in the United States from certain Internet-connected devices and applications.
Introduced July 31, 2025 by Rick Scott (R-FL). No cosponsors. Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Comment: This bill has no teeth. It merely requires a report within 270 days of enactment. I think almost everyone knows our electric grid is vulnerable. We need legislation that protects not grandstands.

S.2610 - Streamlining Rural Broadband Act of 2025. To terminate the Community Connect Grant program of the Department of Agriculture.
Introduced July 31, 2025 by Joni Ernst (R-IA). No cosponsors (thank goodness!). Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry the same day.
Puzzled comment: Why does Joni Ernst want to terminate the Community Connect Grant Program of the Department of Agriculture? Passed in 1936 (yes, 1936), last amended apparently in 2018. So not a Biden-era bill. She did not explain in the text of S.2610.

S.2619 - MORE DOT Grants Act (More Opportunities for Rural Economies from Department of Transportation Grants Act). To improve the process for awarding grants under certain programs of the Department of Transportation to certain counties in which the majority of land is owned or managed by the Federal Government and to other units of local government and Tribal governments in those counties.
Introduced July 31, 2025 by Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). Cosponsored by Steve Daines (R-MT) and Adam Schiff (D-CA). Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day.

S.2622 - Space Ready Act. To authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to conduct a pilot program for investment in infrastructure projects at the Kennedy Space Center and to establish the Infrastructure Investment Fund.
Introduced July 31, 2025 by Ashley Moody (R-FL). No cosponsors. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day.

July 31, 2025 alert: Transcript for S. Rept. 119-56. “She DRIVES Act (She Develops Regulations In Vehicle Equality and Safety Act).” Accompanies Bill: S.161.
Comment: Although this sounds like a “sexist” bill, it is not. The legislation would require testing procedures used under the New Car Assessment Program of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to take anatomies other than that of the adult white male into account.

S.2640 - Cruise Passenger Protection Act of 2025. To improve passenger vessel security and safety.
Introduced August 1, 2025 by Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). Cosponsored by Ed Markey (D-MA). Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day. Stuck in committee.

S.2666 - Foreign Robocall Elimination Act. To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a taskforce on unlawful robocalls.
Introduced August 1, 2025 by Ted Budd (R-NC). Cosponsored by Peter Welch (D-VT). Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the same day. Stuck in committee.
Comment: As much as I would love this legislation, it is impractical. Foreign robocallers generally use VPNs, making it difficult to detect that they are not US-based. The only positive thing about this legislation: It calls for the FTC or DOJ to research and file a report on the extent of illegal robocallers, as well as to make recommendations for ways to combat them. Extend it to US-based robocallers, and this is a winner.

EC1539 – August 1, 2025. From the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Board’s Fiscal Year 2024 annual report relative to the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act).

H.R.4839 - Merchant Marine Allies Partnership Act. To allow the Secretary of Transportation to authorize vessels documented in allied foreign countries, owned by nationals of allied foreign countries, or crewed by allied foreign countries to engage in certain coastwise trade.
Introduced August 1, 2025 by Ed Case (D-HI). Cosponsored by Delegate James Moylan (R-Guam). Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways and Means the same day.

H.Res.627 - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Pratt & Whitney.
Introduced August 1, 2025 by John Larson (D-CT). Cosponsored by Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Joe Courtney (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT), and Jahana Hayes (D-CT). Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day.
Comment: Connecticut has no Republican representatives.
PS: I really wasn’t sure where to put this resolution!

H.R.4880 - Primacy Certainty Act of 2025. To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to clarify the requisite timeline for making a decision on the approval or disapproval of a State underground injection control program.
Introduced August 5, 2025 by Dan Crenshaw (R-TX). Cosponsored by August Pfluger (R-TX) and Randy Webster, Sr. (R-TX). Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day.
Comment: There is probably a reason this bill is sponsored only by representatives from Texas.

H.R.4927 - CABLE Competition Act (Consumer Access to Broadband for Local Economies and Competition Act). To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit franchising authorities from requiring approval for the sale of cable systems.
Introduced August 8, 2025 by Erin Houchin (R-IN). Cosponsored by Craig Goldman (R-TX). Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day.

August 9, 2025 alert: Transcript of the April 10, 2024 hearing was released. “The Federal and Non-Federal Role of Assessing Cyber Threats To and Vulnerabilities Of Critical Water Infrastructure in our Energy Sector.”

H.R.4950 - Data BRIDGE Act (Data Broadband Reporting and Integration for Deployment in Geographically Essential Areas Act). To direct the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate into the National Broadband Map of the Commission a layer that presents data on the location of agricultural areas.
Introduced August 12, 2025 by Erin Houchin (R-IN). Cosponsored by seven Democrats and four Republicans. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the same day. Stuck in committee.
Comment: This would clearly benefit rural areas. And yet neither John Joyce nor Lloyd Smucker bothered to represent us.

August 15, 2025: Transcript of the March 25, 2025 hearing was made available. “Keeping the Lights On: Examining the State of Regional Grid Reliability.”
Comment: I really wish our legislators talked to one another. Yes, this is a House report for a House bill. But it likely does exactly what Rick Scott proposed in S.2593.

August 17, 2025: Transcripts of the March 27, 2025 meeting were made available. “NTSB Preliminary Report: The DCA Midair Collision.”

August 20, 2025: Transcripts of April 10, 2025 hearing were made available. “If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?” (Daylight Saving Time debate).

August 20, 2025: Transcripts of March 6, 2024 hearing were made available. “National Transportation Safety Board Investigations Report.”

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