Thread: 🔴 BREAKING & MOVING THIS WEEK: Broadband Bill H.R. 2289--Telecom Industry--No Way!

BREAKING: THEY’RE MOVING THIS WEEK
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The Broadband bill that hands your neighborhood to the telecom industry and is being
pushed through Congress THIS WEEK! Drop everything. Read this.

REINETTE SENUM

APR 18, 2026

SOUNDING THE HORN: THE CONDUCTOR’S BRIEF
A fast, clear summary of thekey takeaways to keep you informed on the go.

- H.R. 2289 is being fast-tracked this week.

- Forces mandatory approval of antennas on most structures.

- New towers need only a carrier claim, no proof or hearings.

- Miss a deadline = auto-approved; no pauses allowed.

- Exempts most sites from environmental/health review.

- Locks in outdated FCC limits; courts must defer.

- Strips all local control (cities, counties, schools).

Call Congress now… demand a NO on H.R. 2289.

Since last November, I and others have been tracking H.R. 2289, the American
Broadband Deployment Act, warning about it, and preparing for exactly this
moment. We watched it get quietly expanded from a three-page proposal into a
100-page wrecking ball inside a House committee. We watched the industry lose
in the open, and then go looking for a back door.

The back door just opened.

We just got word. H.R. 2289 is being fast-tracked through Congress this week.
Not next month. Not before the midterms. This week.

Here is what this bill actually does, in case you aren’t up to speed, and I need you
to read every word of this before you pick up the phone.

Under H.R. 2289, your local government, your city council, your county
supervisors, your school board, will be legally required to approve virtually any
antenna on any existing structure that can hold transmission equipment. Utility
poles. Light poles. Overhead wires. Apartment buildings. Single-family homes.

Schools. Local governments “may not deny and shall approve.” That language is
in the bill. It is not an exaggeration.

For new towers, a carrier only needs to claim an “improvement or enhancement”
of service. No proof of a service gap. No public hearing. No community input.

Just a claim, and your local zoning is overridden.

Miss a deadline? The application is automatically “deemed granted.” Want to
pause and think? Moratoria are prohibited.

And here’s what is most disconcerting of all; most wireless facilities are
exempted from review under the National Environmental Policy Act, including
review for human health impacts. The FCC’s exposure limits haven’t been
updated since 1996. A federal court has already ruled the FCC failed to justify
those limits. This bill uses them anyway as the final word, and binds state and
federal courts, including the Supreme Court, to FCC interpretations on the matter.

Your school board cannot protect your child’s classroom. Your city council
cannot protect your street. Your county supervisors cannot protect your
neighborhood. Not under this bill.

Because of the mid-terms, we were hedging our bets we would have more time.

We didn’t get it.

This is this week.

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HERE IS YOUR ONE JOB RIGHT NOW:
Call your representative. Call your senators. Call today. Call tomorrow. Call every
day until this is stopped or defeated.

Tell them: “I am calling to demand you oppose H.R. 2289, the American
Broadband Deployment Act. This bill eliminates local authority over wireless
facility placement, exempts cell towers from health review, and auto-approves
applications when deadlines are missed. It does not belong on any floor, in any
spending package, or attached to any bill. Vote no. Strip it out. I am watching.”

That is the whole message. You don’t need to say more. You need to say it today.

Find your House representative: house.gov/representatives/find-your-
representative

Find your Senators: senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Capitol switchboard, ask for your member by name: 202-224-3121

House Appropriations Committee, if your rep sits on this committee, they are a
priority call: appropriations.house.gov/about/membership

Share this post. Right now. To everyone you know.

The industry spent years trying to pass this in the open. The public stopped them
every time. So they waited for a moment when people were distracted, watching
WWIII try to break out, and scheduled it for a week when nobody was looking.

We’ve been sounding this alarm since November. I am sounding it now as loud
as I can.

Let’s prove them wrong.

Spoke to Congresswoman DelBene's Staffer and this Bill is on the Calendar as of 4/15, but no date yet.