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Broadband Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act

Introduced: February 15, 2021 Introduced by: Crenshaw, Dan Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Feb 16, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Feb 15, 2021
Introduced in House
Feb 15, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Broadband Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the 60-day time frame for a state or local government that receives a complete eligible facilities request or a complete telecommunications facilities request to approve such request.

The bill makes other changes related to such requests, including

  • expanding the definition of eligible facilities request to include any request for the modification of an existing wireless tower, base station, or eligible support structure that involves the placement, modification, or construction of equipment that improves the resiliency of the wireless tower, base station, or eligible support structure and provides a direct benefit to public safety; and
  • defining eligible telecommunications facilities request as any request for modification of an existing telecommunications service facility in or on an eligible support infrastructure that involves collocation, removal, or replacement of telecommunications service facility equipment.
What's happening now February 16, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1058 Related bill Wireless Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act
  • HR 3435 Related bill American Broadband Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Mar 1, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1045: Broadband Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1045/
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"H.R. 1045: Broadband Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1045/.
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