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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1056 

To provide that a project for the collocation of a personal wireless service 

facility is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental 

or historical preservation reviews. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2021 

Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was 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 

A BILL 

To provide that a project for the collocation of a personal 

wireless service facility is not subject to requirements 

to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews. 

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 ‘‘Wireless Broadband 

5 Competition and Efficient Deployment Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO COLLOCA2 TION OF CERTAIN PERSONAL WIRELESS 

3 SERVICE FACILITIES. 

4 (a) NEPA EXEMPTION.—A covered project shall not 

5 be subject to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the 

6 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 

7 4332(2)(C)). 

8 (b) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT EX9 EMPTION.—A covered project shall not be considered an 

10 undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United 

11 States Code. 

12 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

14 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

15 (2) COVERED PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 

16 project’’ means a project— 

17 (A) for— 

18 (i) the mounting or installation of an 

19 eligible personal wireless service facility 

20 with another eligible personal wireless serv21 ice facility that exists at the time at which 

22 a complete request for authorization of 

23 such mounting or installation is filed with 

24 a State or local government or instrumen25 tality thereof; or 

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1 (ii) the modification of an eligible per2 sonal wireless service facility; and 

3 (B) for which a permit, license, or approval 

4 from the Commission is required or that is oth5 erwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Com6 mission. 

7 (3) ELIGIBLE PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE

8 FACILITY.—The term ‘‘eligible personal wireless 

9 service facility’’ means any antenna, apparatus, or 

10 transmitting device, and any equipment, switches, 

11 wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabinets, 

12 for the provision of a personal wireless service. 

13 (4) PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICES.—The term 

14 ‘‘personal wireless services’’— 

15 (A) has the meaning given such term in 

16 section 332(c)(7)(C) of the Communications 

17 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(7)(C)); and 

18 (B) also includes commercial mobile data 

19 service (as defined in section 6001 of the Mid20 dle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 

21 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401)). 

22 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 

23 States, the District of Columbia, the territories and 

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1 possessions of the United States, and each federally 

2 recognized Indian Tribe. 

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