Standard FEES Act

Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications, Government buildings, facilities, and property, Infrastructure development, Internet, web applications, social media, Telephone and wireless communication, User charges and fees


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3309 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3309

 To amend the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to 
establish a uniform fee schedule applicable to the processing of forms 
      for the consideration of applications for the placement of 
communications facilities on certain buildings and other property owned 
           by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2023

 Mr. Palmer (for himself and Mr. Ryan) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
    Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to 
establish a uniform fee schedule applicable to the processing of forms 
      for the consideration of applications for the placement of 
communications facilities on certain buildings and other property owned 
           by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation 
and Streamlining Act'' or the ``Standard FEES Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFORM FEE SCHEDULE APPLICABLE TO THE 
              PROCESSING OF CERTAIN FORMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 6409 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and 
Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Common Fee Schedule.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator of General Services 
        shall establish a uniform schedule of fees applicable to the 
        processing of the forms described under subsections (b)(2) and 
        (c)(3).
            ``(2) Fee guidelines.--The schedule of fees established 
        under paragraph (1) shall be--
                    ``(A) based on the direct costs incurred by an 
                agency in processing a form described under subsection 
                (b)(2) or (c)(3); and
                    ``(B) competitively neutral with respect to any fee 
                established for the processing of a form for a similar 
                use of the building or other property owned by the 
                Federal Government.
            ``(3) Exceptions.--The Administrator of General Services 
        may establish exceptions to the schedule of fees established 
        under paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) that are competitively neutral with respect 
                to the categories of individuals or entities to be 
                granted the exception;
                    ``(B) in consideration of the public benefit of--
                            ``(i) granting an easement, right-of-way, 
                        or lease described under subsection (b)(1); or
                            ``(ii) entering into a contract for the 
                        placement of a communications installation 
                        facility under subsection (c)(1); and
                    ``(C) in the interest of expanding the deployment 
                of broadband internet access service, as defined in 
                section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations 
                (or any successor regulation).
            ``(4) Adoption by executive agencies.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The head of each executive 
                agency shall adopt by regulation--
                            ``(i) fees that correspond to the schedule 
                        established by the Administrator under 
                        paragraph (2); and
                            ``(ii) any exceptions to such schedule 
                        established by the Administrator under 
                        paragraph (3).
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--The head of an executive agency 
                may only grant an exception pursuant to subparagraph 
                (A)(ii) on a case-by-case basis.
            ``(5) Use of fees collected.--Any fee collected by an 
        executive agency under this section shall only be available to 
        the extent, and in such amounts, as are provided in advance in 
        appropriation Acts, to the agency to cover the costs of 
        processing the forms described under subsection (b)(2) and 
        (c)(3).
            ``(6) Relationship to other statutes.--Any fee chargeable 
        under this subsection shall supercede any other fee applicable 
        to the processing of a form described under subsection (b)(2) 
        or (c)(3) that is chargeable under another statute.''.
    (b) Deadlines.--
            (1) For the administrator of general services.--Not later 
        than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Administrator of General Services shall establish the schedule 
        of fees required by section 6409(d) of the Middle Class Tax 
        Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(d)), as 
        added by subsection (a).
            (2) For executive agencies.--Not later than 120 days after 
        the Administrator of General Services establishes the schedule 
        of fees described under paragraph (1), the head of an executive 
        agency required to adopt the fees and exceptions required by 
        section 6409(d)(4) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 
        Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(d)(4)), as added by 
        subsection (a), shall establish such fees and exceptions.
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