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HR 6099 114th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Forests, forestry, trees Government trust funds Land use and conservation Parks, recreation areas, trails Telephone and wireless communication User charges and fees

Public Lands Telecommunications Act

Introduced: September 21, 2016 Introduced by: Huffman, Jared Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Oct 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Sep 29, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Sep 21, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Sep 21, 2016
Introduced in House
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Public Lands Telecommunications Act

This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish separate special accounts for the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Forest Service (the federal land management agencies) for the deposit of rental fees received by such agencies for communications use authorizations on federal lands that are granted, issued, or executed by them. A "communication use authorization" is defined as a right-of-way, permit, or lease granted, issued, or executed by a federal land management agency for the primary purpose of authorizing the occupancy and use of federal lands for communications use.

The rental fees received by each federal land management agency shall:

  • be deposited in its special account, and
  • remain available for expenditure for agency activities related to communications sites (those areas of federal lands designated for telecommunications uses).

The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture may enter into cooperative agreements for the administration of communications sites.

What's happening now October 19, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Nov 29, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6099: Public Lands Telecommunications Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6099/
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"H.R. 6099: Public Lands Telecommunications Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6099/.
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H.R. 6099, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6099/.
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