S. 3671 — Introduced in Senate

II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3671 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 16, 2022Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Thune, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cruz, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Moran, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Young, Mr. Lee, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Capito, and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To apply the Freedom of Information Act to actions and decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information in carrying out the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Broadband Buildout Accountability Act. 2. Applicability of FOIA to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Section 60102(o)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702(o)(2)) is amended by inserting after Act’) the following: , except for section 552 of that title (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act).