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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Committees of jurisdiction
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