H.R. 2784 · 119th Congress

Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025

Introduced on Apr 9, 2025 by Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15). 27 cosponsors, 10 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 9, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 9, 2025
Cosponsors
27
10 from the other party
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the destruction of broadband internet access service.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Laurel M. LeeR-FL-15Sponsor

Democrats · 10

Independents · 1

Republicans · 16

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Apr 9, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Apr 9, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Apr 9, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC.14 reports
    $12.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC$130.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. National Cable & Telecommunications Association8 reports
    $680K reported (all issues)
  3. COMCAST CORPORATION7 reports
    $9.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$453.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. Competitive Carriers Association5 reports
    $790K reported (all issues)
  5. NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $16.8M reported (all issues)
  6. COX ENTERPRISES4 reports
    $2.7M reported (all issues)
  7. CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $9.4M reported (all issues)
  8. LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.4 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC$14.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 97%
  9. Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink, Inc.)4 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  10. UNITED STATES TELECOM ASSN4 reports
    $2.5M reported (all issues)
  11. Charter Communications Operating, LLC2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC$5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. Cox Enterprises Inc. (fka Cox Enterprises, Inc. & various subs & affs)1 report
    $680K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.