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HR 2425 115th 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: May 16, 2017 Introduced by: Huffman, Jared Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 28, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 861.
Dec 28, 2018
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Dec 20, 2018
House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 28, 2018.
Dec 20, 2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1086, Part I.
Jun 27, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 27, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 8, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
May 23, 2017
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
May 16, 2017
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.
May 16, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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, as provided in advance in appropriations acts, for agency activities related to communications sites (those areas of federal lands designated for telecommunications uses).

The Department of the Interior and the Forest Service may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out those activities related to such sites.

What's happening now December 28, 2018

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 861.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1