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HR 7378 116th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Historic sites and heritage areas Telephone and wireless communication

Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act

Introduced: June 25, 2020 Introduced by: Walberg, Tim Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Jun 25, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
Jun 25, 2020
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Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act

This bill excludes certain communications facility deployment or modification projects from specified review requirements.

Specifically, the bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review a project for the deployment or modification of a communications facility that is to be carried out entirely within a brownfield site (real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant).

What's happening now June 25, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7373 Related bill Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act
  • HR 7333 Related bill Coastal Broadband Deployment Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7378: Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7378/
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"H.R. 7378: Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7378/.
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H.R. 7378, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7378/.
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