Streamlining and Expediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act

To track applications to locate or modify communications facilities on Federal real property, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Streamlining and Expediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act 2. Tracking of applications to locate or modify communications facilities on Federal real property (a) Tracking by Senior Real Property Officers (1) In general For the first fiscal year that begins more than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Senior Real Property Officer of a covered agency shall track applications to locate or modify communications facilities on covered assets of such agency. (2) Information included The tracking required by paragraph (1) shall include tracking of— (A) the number of applications described in such paragraph that are— (i) received; (ii) approved; and (iii) denied; (B) in the case of an application described in such paragraph that is denied, the reasons for the denial; (C) the amount of time between the receipt of an application described in such paragraph and the issuance of a final decision on such application; (D) in the case of an application described in such paragraph with respect to which the agency is not in compliance with a deadline for action that is imposed by statute or regulation or has not achieved a performance goal included in a performance plan of the agency under section 1115(b) of title 31, United States Code, the reasons for the delay; and (E) the cost to the agency of considering applications described in such paragraph. (3) Reports (A) From SRPOs to NTIA Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year for which the Senior Real Property Officer of a covered agency is required under paragraph (1) to track applications described in such paragraph, the Senior Real Property Officer shall submit to the Assistant Secretary a report on the tracking of such applications during such fiscal year that includes the information described in paragraph (2). (B) From NTIA to Congress Not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year for which the Senior Real Property Officer of a covered agency is required under paragraph (1) to track applications described in such paragraph, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that contains— (i) the information described in paragraph (2) that was contained in each report submitted by a Senior Real Property Officer under subparagraph (A) for the fiscal year; (ii) an analysis of the speed and efficiency of the consideration by each covered agency of such applications during the fiscal year; and (iii) any recommendations on how to improve the process of considering such applications that the Assistant Secretary considers appropriate. (4) Response to inquiries Beginning on the first day of the first fiscal year for which the Senior Real Property Officer of a covered agency is required under paragraph (1) to track applications described in such paragraph, the Senior Real Property Officer shall respond to an inquiry about the status of such an application from the applicant not later than 7 days after the date on which the Senior Real Property Officer receives the inquiry. (b) Inclusion of goals in agency performance plans Beginning with the first performance plan that the head of a covered agency is required to make available under section 1115(b) of title 31, United States Code, after the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the agency shall include in such plan performance goals for the speed and efficiency of the consideration by the agency of applications described in subsection (a)(1). (c) Covered agency defined In this section, the term covered agency

Summary: Streamlining and Expediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act This bill directs Senior Real Property Officers of specified federal agencies to track applications to locate or modify communications facilities on certain federal real property assets of those agencies. Each officer shall report on the tracking of such applications to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In turn, the NTIA shall report to Congress on the information in each submitted report and analyses of the application process. An officer must respond to an inquiry about the status of an application from the applicant no later than seven days after receiving such inquiry.