Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act

United States117th CongressHR-3970House of Representatives
Updated: Jun 21, 2021

Summary

Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act This bill authorizes the granting of an occupancy license to any person who requests access to a right-of-way that is owned by the federal government in order to place, construct, modify, or operate facilities for the provision of broadband service. Specifically, an executive agency with control over such a right-of-way may grant an occupancy license for the expansion of broadband service. An occupancy license may not have a duration of more than 30 years and may be automatically renewed. The granting agency must establish an annual license fee and make a decision regarding the issuance of the occupancy license within 60 days of receiving an application for a license. If the agency does not act on a request within 60 days, the application shall be considered granted.

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S-1113: Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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