To facilitate the installation of broadband infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Nationwide Dig Once Act of 2021
This bill requires states to incorporate broadband infrastructure in construction projects that are supported with federal highway funds. It also establishes a task force to evaluate the costs of a nationwide dig once requirement (a requirement to minimize the number and scale of repeated excavations relating to the installation of broadband infrastructure in rights-of-way).
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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