Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 27
- Latest action
- Jun 17, 2025
What it does
The bill would require the Federal Communications Commission to reform the Universal Service Fund by expanding the contribution base to include broadband providers and certain edge providers, ensuring they contribute equitably and nondiscriminatorily to support universal service. It would also direct the FCC to create a new mechanism under the high-cost program to support eligible telecommunications carriers in high-cost areas, limiting support to no more than one carrier per area. The bill aims to reduce consumer broadband costs by shifting some financial responsibility to large broadband and edge providers while preserving existing FCC enforcement authority. Small edge providers with low…
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Where it stands
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Randy Feenstra
- Adelita Grijalva
- Adrian Smith
- Brad Finstad
- Derek Schmidt
- Dina Titus
- Don Bacon
- Dusty Johnson
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Erin Houchin
- Frank Lucas
- Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez
- Glenn Grothman
- Harold Rogers
- Hillary Scholten
- Janelle Bynum
- Josh Harder
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks
- Mark Alford
- Mark Messmer
- Melanie Stansbury
- Mike Bost
- Randy Weber
- Shomari Figures
- Teresa Leger Fernandez
- Tom Cole
- Tracey Mann
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.