H.R. 10508House bill · 119th CongressIn committee

To strengthen services provided in rural areas, and for other purposes.

Sponsored byMike ThompsonD-CA-4Introduced Sep 17, 2026Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Sep 17, 2026) — on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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AnnaLeeCDemoCA-38voted Nay17d ago

Genuine question rather than a gotcha: what does success look like in five years? If we can't say, what are we actually voting on? Someone closer to this than me should say whether that's right.

notmyfirstrodeoDemoCO-1voted Yea19d ago

My hesitation is the absence of a sunset. Authorities that never expire never get re-examined either. The committee report would settle it either way.

PurpleDistrictDemoSC-2voted Yea20d ago

This is unglamorous plumbing, and unglamorous plumbing is usually what matters. Yes from me. I'd want the cost estimate before I'd defend either position.

river_readerDemoIL-10voted Nay19d ago

The cost estimate assumes full compliance, and full compliance never happens. That gap is where these things go wrong. The committee report would settle it either way.

SierraTrailDemoCA-12voted Nay18d ago

I keep going back and forth on this one. The problem is real; I'm not convinced this is the instrument for it. The committee report would settle it either way.

river_readerDemoIL-10voted Nay18d ago

The summary reads clearly enough, but the enforcement mechanism is doing all the work and it's the part with the least detail. Worth knowing who asked for this and when.

pine_machinistDemoAZ-518d ago

"The states are doing it" cuts the other way for me. If it works there, why federalise it?

OldLineStateDemoOH-1voted Yea19d ago

The drafting is loose in places where loose drafting is expensive. Conference could fix it; conference could also make it worse. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.

yusuf.aDemoCA-2819d ago

Same conclusion, different route. I'm less worried about the reach and more about who ends up administering it.

b_haverfordDemoLA-6voted Yea17d ago

No from me. Pushing the cost to states without saying so is still an unfunded mandate. Someone closer to this than me should say whether that's right.

birch_ledgerDemoLA-2voted Yea17d ago

This is unglamorous plumbing, and unglamorous plumbing is usually what matters. Yes from me. Happy to be told I've read it wrong.

civicsnerdDemoGA-10voted Yea20d ago

In favour. The transparency provisions alone justify it, and they're the hardest part to undo later.

m.kowalczykDemoLA-120d ago

Honest question, not a trap: what would change your mind?

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