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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7355 

To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 

Information to submit a plan to Congress to track requests for communications use authorization on Federal land. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 25, 2020 

Mr. HUDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit a plan to Congress 

to track requests for communications use authorization 

on Federal land. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Broadband 

5 Deployment Tracking Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORT ON TRACKING FORM 299 REQUESTS. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON2 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con3 gress’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Energy and Com5 merce of the House of Representatives; and 

6 (B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

7 and Transportation of the Senate. 

8 (2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist9 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

10 Commerce for Communications and Information. 

11 (3) DEPARTMENT CONCERNED.—The term 

12 ‘‘Department concerned’’ means— 

13 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re14 spect to public land; and 

15 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re16 spect to National Forest System land. 

17 (4) FORM 299.—The term ‘‘Form 299’’ means 

18 the form developed pursuant to section 

19 6409(b)(2)(A) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and 

20 Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 

21 1455(b)(2)(A)), or any successor form. 

22 (5) NTIA.—The term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the Na23 tional Telecommunications and Information Admin24 istration. 


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1 (6) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec2 retary concerned’’ means— 

3 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re4 spect to public land; and 

5 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re6 spect to National Forest System land. 

7 (b) REPORT ON TRACKING FORM 299 REQUESTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the As10 sistant Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

11 committees of Congress a report with the elements 

12 described in paragraph (2). 

13 (2) ELEMENTS DESCRIBED.—The elements de14 scribed are as follows: 

15 (A) A plan describing how NTIA will track 

16 the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a 

17 Form 299 submitted to the Department con18 cerned by a requesting party. 

19 (B) A description of how NTIA would 

20 most expeditiously implement the plan de21 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

22 (C) How to increase transparency to a re23 questing party on the status of a Form 299 re24 ceived by the Department concerned. 


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1 (D) Any barriers the Assistant Secretary 

2 determines could delay the implementation of 

3 the plan described in subparagraph (A). 

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