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HR 1073 117th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Disaster relief and insurance Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Fires Forests, forestry, trees Historic sites and heritage areas State and local government operations Telephone and wireless communication

Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act

Introduced: February 15, 2021 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
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act

This bill exempts from certain environmental or historic preservation review requirements a project that replaces or makes improvements to a communications facility following a governor-declared major disaster or emergency related to a wildfire.

Specifically, the bill exempts these projects from any requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. These projects are also exempt from considerations about the effect they will have on any historic property.

What's happening now February 16, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 835 Related bill Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2021
  • HR 3435 Related bill American Broadband Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Feb 23, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1073: Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1073/
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"H.R. 1073: Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1073/.
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H.R. 1073, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1073/.
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