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Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2021

Introduced: February 15, 2021 Introduced by: Curtis, John R. Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Mar 18, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Mar 18, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Feb 15, 2021
Introduced in House
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.
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Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2021

This bill authorizes federal departments to delegate federal environmental compliance for broadband projects to states and Indian tribes.

Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to establish a voluntary program whereby states or Indian tribes may opt-in to an agreement allowing them to take on the responsibility of environmental review for the permitting of broadband projects.

Such projects must be located within an operational right-of-way (all real property interests acquired for the construction or operation of a project) on (1) national forest system land, (2) land managed by Interior, or (3) Indian lands.

USDA and Interior shall also establish broadband permit streamlining teams to coordinate and expedite permitting decisions for broadband projects.

What's happening now March 25, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3370 Related bill Broadband Permitting Modernization Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Feb 25, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1047: Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1047/
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"H.R. 1047: Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1047/.
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