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To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to increase prioritization by the Department of the Interior and Department…

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To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to increase prioritization by the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture by senior management of the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture, or an organizational unit of reviews for communications use authorizations.

Introduced: February 15, 2021 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 16, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Feb 16, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Feb 15, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act

This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to establish an interagency strike force to increase specified agencies' prioritization of reviews for communications use authorizations on federal property. A communications use authorization is an easement, right-of-way, lease, license, or other authorization to locate or modify a communications facility on certain public land.

What's happening now March 25, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
R
Curtis, John R.
Utah · Apr 30, 2021
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Apr 30, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1049: To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to increase prioritization by the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture by senior management of the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture, or an organizational unit of reviews for communications use authorizations.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1049/
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"H.R. 1049: To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to increase prioritization by the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture by senior management of the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture, or an organizational unit of reviews for communications use authorizations.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1049/.
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H.R. 1049, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1049/.
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[H.R. 1049: To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to increase prioritization by the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture by senior management of the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture, or an organizational unit of reviews for communications use authorizations.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1049/)
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