Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3291 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3291

To provide that an eligible facilities request under section 6409(a) of 
the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 is not subject 
    to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical 
                         preservation reviews.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2023

   Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Moran) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that an eligible facilities request under section 6409(a) of 
the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 is not subject 
    to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical 
                         preservation reviews.

    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 ``Proportional Reviews for Broadband 
Deployment Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO WIRELESS FACILITIES DEPLOYMENT.

    Section 6409(a)(3) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation 
Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Application of nepa; nhpa.--
                    ``(A) NEPA exemption.--A Federal authorization with 
                respect to an eligible facilities request may not be 
                considered a major Federal action under section 
                102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
                1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).
                    ``(B) National historic preservation act 
                exemption.--An eligible facilities request may not be 
                considered an undertaking under section 300320 of title 
                54, United States Code.
                    ``(C) Federal authorization defined.--In this 
                paragraph, the term `Federal authorization'--
                            ``(i) means any authorization required 
                        under Federal law with respect to an eligible 
                        facilities request; and
                            ``(ii) includes any permits, special use 
                        authorizations, certifications, opinions, or 
                        other approvals as may be required under 
                        Federal law with respect to an eligible 
                        facilities request.''.
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