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S 835 117th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications Disaster relief and insurance Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Historic sites and heritage areas Licensing and registrations Telephone and wireless communication

Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2021

Introduced: March 18, 2021 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Mar 18, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2021

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to exempt projects that replace or make improvements to communications facilities following a presidentially declared  major disaster or emergency from certain environmental or historic preservation review requirements.

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

What's happening now March 18, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1050 Related bill Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2021
  • HR 1073 Related bill Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 835: Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-835/
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"S. 835: Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-835/.
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S. 835, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-835/.
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