Standard FEES Act

United States118th CongressHR-3309House of Representatives
Updated: Oct 25, 2023

Summary

Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation and Streamlining Act or the Standard FEES Act This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish, and federal agencies to adopt, a common schedule of fees for processing certain applications to use buildings or property owned or managed by the federal government for locating or modifying transmitting devices, support structures, or other communications facilities. The fees must be competitively neutral and based on direct and actual costs. GSA may provide exceptions to the fees if the exceptions (1) are competitively neutral with respect to the categories of individuals or entities that are granted exceptions, and (2) serve a public benefit and the interest of expanding broadband deployment. The bill limits an agency's use of the fees to amounts made available in advance through appropriations acts.

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Timeline

  1. Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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  2. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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  3. Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 0.

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  4. Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-245, Part I.

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