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Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act

Introduced: January 19, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jan 26, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Jan 23, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jan 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Jan 19, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Jan 19, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 communications facilities on such lands; and (2) require that such applications be considered and granted on a neutral and 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.
What's happening now February 8, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1363 Related bill Rural Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jan 19, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4847: Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4847/
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