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HR 1141 117th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Historic sites and heritage areas Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Telephone and wireless communication

Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act

Introduced: February 18, 2021 Introduced by: Joyce, John Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Feb 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Feb 18, 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 18, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act

This bill excludes the deployment or modification of certain telecommunications service facility projects from specified review requirements.

Specifically, the bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review a project for the placement, construction, or modification of a telecommunications service facility in or on infrastructure that supports or houses a facility for communication by wire.

What's happening now February 19, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1141: Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1141/
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"H.R. 1141: Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1141/.
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H.R. 1141, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1141/.
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