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HR 1039 117th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Floods and storm protection Historic sites and heritage areas Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Telephone and wireless communication Wetlands

Coastal Broadband Deployment Act

Introduced: February 15, 2021 Introduced by: Bilirakis, Gus M. Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Feb 16, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Feb 15, 2021
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.
Feb 15, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coastal 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 floodplain (the lowland and relatively flat areas adjoining inland and coastal waters).

What's happening now February 16, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3435 Related bill American Broadband Act
 Bill text 1 version

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Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Feb 24, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1039: Coastal Broadband Deployment Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1039/
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"H.R. 1039: Coastal Broadband Deployment Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1039/.
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H.R. 1039, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1039/.
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