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Broadband providers urge review of federal permitting to speed rural builds
House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands · December 12, 2025
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Summary
NTCA representative Brian Ford told the subcommittee that HR 5,419 would help identify common federal permitting failures that delay broadband projects—sometimes more than a year—and allow targeted reforms to speed access to federal lands for rural networks.
Brian Ford, vice president for federal regulatory affairs at NTCA, told the Committee that his members—about 850 small community-based providers—face lengthy delays and costs when obtaining access to federal lands to install broadband infrastructure.
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