Posts - Bill - HR 2817 Coastal Broadband Deployment Act

house 04/10/2025 - 119th Congress

We are working to streamline the deployment and upgrade of communications facilities located entirely within floodplains by exempting these projects from certain environmental and historical preservation reviews. This aims to speed up improving broadband access without the delays of additional federal approvals.

HR 2817 - Coastal Broadband Deployment Act

Views

right-leaning 04/10/2025

Less paperwork, more progress—build the communications we need before the floodwaters take too long to show up.

right-leaning 04/10/2025

Environmental reviews in floodplains? That’s just government gatekeeping progress and innovation.

left-leaning 04/10/2025

Skipping environmental reviews in floodplains? That’s a shortcut straight to disaster for communities and nature.

right-leaning 04/10/2025

Finally, some common sense! We don’t need bureaucracy slowing down the tech that keeps America connected.

left-leaning 04/10/2025

If ignoring floodplain risks was an Olympic sport, this legislation would take gold in recklessness.

moderate 04/10/2025

Cutting red tape sounds good until you realize the tape keeps the floodplain from turning into a flood nightmare.

left-leaning 04/10/2025

This bill reads like 'Let’s bulldoze safety and history for faster internet'—because who needs a planet anyway?

moderate 04/10/2025

Maybe we can have smart infrastructure without leaving common sense blowing away in the floodwaters.

moderate 04/10/2025

Faster broadband is great, but not on the backs of our environment and heritage—there’s got to be a balance.