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S 3157 115th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications Government studies and investigations Infrastructure development Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media State and local government operations Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication

STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act

Introduced: June 28, 2018 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 28, 2018
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Streamlining The Rapid Evolution And Modernization of Leading-edge Infrastructure Necessary to Enhance Small Cell Deployment Act or the STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act

This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require that the regulation of the placement, construction, or modification of small personal wireless service facilities by any state or local government: (1) not unreasonably discriminate among providers of the same service using comparable equipment, and (2) only permit a state or local government to approve or deny a permit or other permission to deploy such a facility.

A state or local government may charge a fee to consider an application for such placement, construction, or modification, or to use a right-of-way or a facility in a right-of-way owned or managed by the state or local government if the fee is: (1) competitively neutral, technology neutral, and nondiscriminatory; (2) publicly disclosed; and (3) based on actual and direct costs.

The Government Accountability Office shall study and report on deployment of broadband infrastructure on tribal land or near trust land.

What's happening now June 28, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Jun 28, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3157: STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3157/
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"S. 3157: STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3157/.
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S. 3157, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3157/.
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