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HR 6915 118th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources

Public Lands Telecommunications Act

Introduced: January 5, 2024 Introduced by: Huffman, Jared Democratic · California 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
Aug 29, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Aug 29, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Jan 9, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 9, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 5, 2024
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Forest Service 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 must

  • 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 August 29, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Khanna, Ro
California · Jan 5, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6915: Public Lands Telecommunications Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6915/
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"H.R. 6915: Public Lands Telecommunications Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6915/.
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H.R. 6915, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6915/.
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