HR 6982
117th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands Telecommunications Act
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 21, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Mar 14, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Mar 8, 2022
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.
Mar 8, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Public Lands Telecommunications Act
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish separate special accounts for the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Reclamation for the deposit of rental fees received by such agencies under communications use authorizations, which allow for the occupancy and use of federal lands for communications purposes.
The rental fees received by each agency shall
- be deposited in the agency's special account, and
- remain available for expenditure for agency activities related to communications sites (those areas of federal lands designated for telecommunications uses).
The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out activities related to communications sites.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1