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A bill to streamline the process for broadband facility location applications on Federal land, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-1363| Senate 
| Updated: 6/15/2017
Dean Heller

Dean Heller

Republican Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (1)
Joe Manchin (Independent)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Rural Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior, for public lands, and the Department of Agriculture, for National Forest System lands, to issue regulations to: (1) streamline the process for the consideration of applications to locate or modify broadband facilities on such lands; and (2) require that such applications be considered and granted on a competitively and technologically neutral, non-discriminatory basis. The bill amends the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to require executive agencies to grant or deny within 270 days applications for an easement or right-of-way on federal property to install, construct, and maintain wireless service antenna structures and equipment and backhaul transmission equipment. The Government Accountability Office shall report on: how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ensures that the broadband data collected for the National Broadband Map is accurate, complete, and reliable; the extent to which federal agencies or other entities authorized to distribute federal grants or loans for broadband projects rely on such data; FCC actions to address the limitations on using such data for policy or funding decisions; the extent to which interested parties have challenged the accuracy of information on the map; and whether the FCC should collect such data from additional or alternative commercial sources.
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Timeline
Jun 15, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Jun 15, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • June 15, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 15, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 115-4847: To streamline the process for consideration of applications for the placement of communications facilities on certain Federal lands, and for other purposes.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of the InteriorGeography and mappingGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaLand use and conservationLicensing and registrationsRural conditions and developmentTelephone and wireless communication

A bill to streamline the process for broadband facility location applications on Federal land, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-1363| Senate 
| Updated: 6/15/2017
Rural Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior, for public lands, and the Department of Agriculture, for National Forest System lands, to issue regulations to: (1) streamline the process for the consideration of applications to locate or modify broadband facilities on such lands; and (2) require that such applications be considered and granted on a competitively and technologically neutral, non-discriminatory basis. The bill amends the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to require executive agencies to grant or deny within 270 days applications for an easement or right-of-way on federal property to install, construct, and maintain wireless service antenna structures and equipment and backhaul transmission equipment. The Government Accountability Office shall report on: how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ensures that the broadband data collected for the National Broadband Map is accurate, complete, and reliable; the extent to which federal agencies or other entities authorized to distribute federal grants or loans for broadband projects rely on such data; FCC actions to address the limitations on using such data for policy or funding decisions; the extent to which interested parties have challenged the accuracy of information on the map; and whether the FCC should collect such data from additional or alternative commercial sources.
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Timeline
Jun 15, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Jun 15, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • June 15, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 15, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Dean Heller

Dean Heller

Republican Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (1)
Joe Manchin (Independent)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 115-4847: To streamline the process for consideration of applications for the placement of communications facilities on certain Federal lands, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of the InteriorGeography and mappingGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaLand use and conservationLicensing and registrationsRural conditions and developmentTelephone and wireless communication