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HR 1038 117th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversight Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Telephone and wireless communication

Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

Introduced: February 15, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Mar 15, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Feb 15, 2021
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.
Feb 15, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to report to Congress on communications use authorizations (i.e., authorizations to modify or locate communications facilities on public lands).

Specifically, Interior and USDA must (1) provide an assessment on programmatic or administrative barriers to reviewing communications use authorizations, (2) provide an assessment of whether there are rules or regulations that could be revised to improve the efficiency of reviewing communications use authorizations, (3) describe the process for prioritizing the review of communications use authorizations, and (4) provide a plan to ensure adequate staffing to review communications use authorizations in a timely manner.

What's happening now March 18, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2