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SEC. 606. COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES DEPLOYMENT ON FEDERAL 
PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6409 of the Middle Class Tax Relief 
and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455) is amended by 
striking subsections (b), (c), and (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL EASEMENTS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY, AND LEASES.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT.—If an executive agency, a State, a political 
subdivision or agency of a State, or a person, firm, or organiza-
tion applies for the grant of an easement, right-of-way, or 
lease to, in, over, or on a building or other property owned 
by the Federal Government for the right to install, construct, 
modify, or maintain a communications facility installation, the 
executive agency having control of the building or other prop-
erty may grant to the applicant, on behalf of the Federal 
Government, subject to paragraph (3), an easement, right-of- 
way, or lease to perform such installation, construction, modi-
fication, or maintenance. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General Serv-
ices shall develop a common form for applications for ease-
ments, rights-of-way, and leases under paragraph (1) for 
all executive agencies that, except as provided in subpara-
graph (B), shall be used by all executive agencies and 
applicants with respect to the buildings or other property 
of each such agency. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The requirement under subpara-
graph (A) for an executive agency to use the common 
form developed by the Administrator of General Services 
shall not apply to an executive agency if the head of an 
executive agency notifies the Administrator that the execu-
tive agency uses a substantially similar application. 
‘‘(3) TIMELY CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date on which an executive agency receives a duly filed 
application for an easement, right-of-way, or lease under 
this subsection, the executive agency shall— 
‘‘(i) grant or deny, on behalf of the Federal Govern-
ment, the application; and 
‘‘(ii) notify the applicant of the grant or denial. 
‘‘(B) EXPLANATION OF DENIAL.—If an executive agency 
denies an application under subparagraph (A), the execu-
tive agency shall notify the applicant in writing, including 
a clear statement of the reasons for the denial. 
‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.—Nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed to relieve an executive 
agency of the requirements of division A of subtitle III 
of title 54, United States Code, or the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
‘‘(D) POINT OF CONTACT.—Upon receiving an applica-
tion under subparagraph (A), an executive agency shall 
designate one or more appropriate individuals within the 
executive agency to act as a point of contact with the 
applicant. 
‘‘(c) MASTER
CONTRACTS
FOR
COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITY 
INSTALLATION SITINGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 704 of the Tele-
communications Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–104; 110 Stat.
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151) or any other provision of law, the Administrator of General 
Services shall— 
‘‘(A) develop one or more master contracts that shall 
govern the placement of communications facility installa-
tions on buildings and other property owned by the Federal 
Government; and 
‘‘(B) in developing the master contract or contracts, 
standardize the treatment of the placement of communica-
tions facility installations on building rooftops or facades, 
the placement of communications facility installations on 
rooftops or inside buildings, the technology used in connec-
tion with communications facility installations placed on 
Federal buildings and other property, and any other key 
issues the Administrator of General Services considers 
appropriate. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The master contract or contracts 
developed by the Administrator of General Services under para-
graph (1) shall apply to all publicly accessible buildings and 
other property owned by the Federal Government, unless the 
Administrator of General Services decides that issues with 
respect to the siting of a communications facility installation 
on a specific building or other property warrant nonstandard 
treatment of such building or other property. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General Serv-
ices shall develop a common form or set of forms for commu-
nications facility installation siting applications that, except 
as provided in subparagraph (B), shall be used by all execu-
tive agencies and applicants with respect to the buildings 
and other property of each such agency. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The requirement under subpara-
graph (A) for an executive agency to use the common 
form or set of forms developed by the Administrator of 
General Services shall not apply to an executive agency 
if the head of the executive agency notifies the Adminis-
trator that the executive agency uses a substantially 
similar application. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY INSTALLATION.—The term 
‘communications facility installation’ includes— 
‘‘(A) any infrastructure, including any transmitting 
device, tower, or support structure, and any equipment, 
switches, wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabi-
nets, associated with the licensed or permitted unlicensed 
wireless or wireline transmission of writings, signs, signals, 
data, images, pictures, and sounds of all kinds; and 
‘‘(B) any antenna or apparatus that— 
‘‘(i) is designed for the purpose of emitting radio 
frequency; 
‘‘(ii) is designed to be operated, or is operating, 
from a fixed location pursuant to authorization by the 
Federal Communications Commission or is using duly 
authorized devices that do not require individual 
licenses; and 
‘‘(iii) is added to a tower, building, or other struc-
ture.
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‘‘(2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘executive agency’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 102 of title 40, United 
States Code.’’. 
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—An application for an easement, right- 
of-way, or lease that was made or granted under section 6409 
of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 
U.S.C. 1455) before the date of enactment of this Act shall continue, 
subject to that section as in effect on the day before such date 
of enactment. 
(c) STREAMLINING BROADBAND FACILITY APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) DEFINITION
OF
COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITY
INSTALLA-
TION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘communications facility 
installation’’ has the meaning given the term in section 6409(d) 
of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 
(47 U.S.C. 1455(d)), as amended by subsection (a). 
(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the NTIA, in coordination 
with the Department of the Interior, the Department of 
Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the Department 
of Transportation, OMB, and the General Services Adminis-
tration, shall develop recommendations to streamline the 
process for considering applications by those agencies under 
section 6409(b) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 
Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(b)), as amended by 
subsection (a). 
(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS.—The rec-
ommendations developed under subparagraph (A) shall 
include— 
(i) procedures for the tracking of applications 
described in subparagraph (A); 
(ii) methods by which to reduce the amount of 
time between the receipt of an application and the 
issuance of a final decision on an application; 
(iii) policies to expedite renewals of an easement, 
license, or other authorization to locate communica-
tions facility installations on land managed by the 
agencies described in subparagraph (A); and 
(iv) policies that would prioritize or streamline 
a permit for construction in a previously-disturbed 
right-of-way. 
(C) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date on which the recommendations required under 
subparagraph (A) are developed, the NTIA shall submit 
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform of the House of Representa-
tives a report that describes— 
(i) the status of the implementation of the rec-
ommendations developed under subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) any improvements to the process for consid-
ering applications described in subparagraph (A) that 
have resulted from those recommendations, including
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in particular the speed at which such applications are 
reviewed and a final determination is issued. 
(d) ADDITIONAL SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 
(1) REAL PROPERTY AUTHORITIES.—Nothing in this section, 
or the amendments made by this section, shall be construed 
as providing any executive agency with any new leasing or 
other real property authorities not existing prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(2) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this section, or 
the amendments made by this section, and no actions taken 
pursuant to this section, or the amendments made by this 
section, shall impact a decision or determination by any execu-
tive agency to sell, dispose of, declare excess or surplus, lease, 
reuse, or redevelop any Federal real property pursuant to title 
40, United States Code, the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), or any other law governing 
real property activities of the Federal Government. No agree-
ment entered into pursuant to this section, or the amendments 
made by this section, may obligate the Federal Government 
to hold, control, or otherwise retain or use real property that 
may otherwise be deemed as excess, surplus, or that could 
be otherwise sold, leased, or redeveloped. 
SEC. 607. BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘appropriate 
State agency’’ means a State governmental agency that is recog-
nized by the executive branch of the State as having the experi-
ence necessary to evaluate and carry out projects relating to 
the proper and effective installation and operation of broadband 
infrastructure. 
(2) BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term ‘‘broadband 
infrastructure’’ means any buried, underground, or aerial 
facility, and any wireless or wireline connection, that enables 
users to send and receive voice, video, data, graphics, or any 
combination thereof. 
(3) 
BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENTITY.—The 
term 
‘‘broadband infrastructure entity’’ means any entity that— 
(A) installs, owns, or operates broadband infrastruc-
ture; and 
(B) provides broadband services in a manner consistent 
with the public interest, convenience, and necessity, as 
determined by the State. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; and 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
(b) BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT.—To facilitate 
the installation of broadband infrastructure, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall promulgate regulations to ensure that each 
State that receives funds under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code, meets the following requirements: 
(1) BROADBAND CONSULTATION.—The State department of 
transportation, in consultation with appropriate State agencies, 
shall— 
(A) identify a broadband utility coordinator, that may 
have additional responsibilities, whether in the State
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department of transportation or in another State agency, 
that is responsible for facilitating the broadband infrastruc-
ture right-of-way efforts within the State; 
(B) establish a process for the registration of broadband 
infrastructure entities that seek to be included in those 
broadband infrastructure right-of-way facilitation efforts 
within the State; 
(C) 
establish 
a 
process 
to 
electronically 
notify 
broadband infrastructure entities identified under subpara-
graph (B) of the State transportation improvement program 
on an annual basis and provide additional notifications 
as necessary to achieve the goals of this section; and 
(D) coordinate initiatives carried out under this section 
with other statewide telecommunication and broadband 
plans and State and local transportation and land use 
plans, including strategies to minimize repeated exca-
vations that involve the installation of broadband infra-
structure in a right-of-way. 
(2) PRIORITY.—If a State chooses to provide for the installa-
tion of broadband infrastructure in the right-of-way of an 
applicable Federal-aid highway project under this subsection, 
the State department of transportation shall carry out any 
appropriate measures to ensure that any existing broadband 
infrastructure entities are not disadvantaged, as compared to 
other broadband infrastructure entities, with respect to the 
program under this subsection. 
(c) EFFECT OF SECTION.—This section applies only to activities 
for which Federal obligations or expenditures are initially approved 
on or after the date regulations under subsection (b) become effec-
tive. Nothing in this section establishes a mandate or requirement 
that a State install or allow the installation of broadband infrastruc-
ture in a highway right-of-way. Nothing in this section authorizes 
the Secretary of Transportation to withhold or reserve funds or 
approval of a project under title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES INSTALLATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21 of the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) The ability of the Federal real property to support 
a communications facility installation.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION OF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY INSTALLATION.— 
In this section, the term ‘communications facility installation’ 
means— 
‘‘(1) any infrastructure, including any transmitting device, 
tower, or support structure, and any equipment, switches, 
wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabinets associated 
with the licensed or permitted unlicensed wireless or wireline 
transmission of writings, signs, signals, data, images, pictures, 
and sounds of any kind; and 
‘‘(2) any antenna or apparatus that— 
‘‘(A) is designed for the purpose of emitting radio fre-
quency; 
‘‘(B) is designed to be operated, or is operating, from 
a fixed location pursuant to authorization by the Federal
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Communications Commission or is using duly authorized 
devices that do not require individual licenses; and 
‘‘(C) is added to a tower, building, or other structure.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC COMMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services 
shall issue a notice for public comment regarding the inclusion 
of a communications facility installation under section 21 of 
the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 
1303 note), as amended by subsection (a) of this section. 
(2) CONTENTS.—In seeking public comment under para-
graph (1), the Administrator shall include a request for rec-
ommendations on— 
(A) the criteria that make Federal real property capable 
of supporting communications facility installations; 
(B) the types of information related to the Federal 
real property that should be included in the database; 
and 
(C) other matters that the Administrator determines 
necessary. 
(c) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the period 
for public comment under subsection (b)(1) ends, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall notify the head of each Execu-
tive agency of the manner and format for submitting such 
information as the Administrator determines appropriate to 
the database established under section 21 of the Federal Assets 
Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 note), as 
amended by subsection (a) of this section. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the notification under paragraph (1), the head of an Executive 
agency shall submit the information required under paragraph 
(1). 
(d) STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General Services, 
in consultation with the Chairman of the Commission, the 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards 
and Technology, and the Director of OMB, shall study— 
(A) how to incentivize State and local governments 
to provide the Administrator with information, similar to 
the information required under subsection (c)(1), for inclu-
sion in the database described in that subsection; and 
(B) the feasibility of establishing or operating a data-
base to which State and local governments can voluntarily 
submit such information. 
(2) REPORT ON INCENTIVIZING PARTICIPATION BY STATE AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General 
Services, in consultation with the Chairman of the Commis-
sion, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communica-
tions and Information, the Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Standards and Technology, and the Director of OMB, 
shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security
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and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the findings of the study under 
paragraph (1), including recommendations, if any, con-
sistent with this section. 
(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Administrator of General 
Services, in preparing the report under subparagraph (A), 
shall— 
(i) consult with State and local governments, or 
their representatives, to identify for inclusion in the 
report the most cost-effective options for State and 
local governments to collect and provide the informa-
tion described in paragraph (1), including utilizing and 
leveraging State broadband initiatives and programs; 
and 
(ii) make recommendations on ways the Federal 
Government can assist State and local governments 
in collecting and providing the information described 
in paragraph (1). 
(e) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 
(1) REAL PROPERTY AUTHORITIES.—Nothing in this section, 
or an amendment made by this section, shall be construed 
as providing any Executive agency with any new leasing or 
other real property authority that did not exist prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this section, or 
an amendment made by this section, and no information sub-
mitted pursuant to this section, or pursuant to an amendment 
made by this section, shall be used to prevent or otherwise 
restrict a decision or determination by any Executive agency 
to sell, dispose of, declare excess or surplus, lease, reuse or 
redevelop any Federal real property pursuant to— 
(A) title 40 of the United States Code; 
(B) the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 
(40 U.S.C. 1303 note); or 
(C) any other law governing real property activities 
of the Federal Government. 
SEC. 609. REALLOCATION INCENTIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 24 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Communications and Information, in consultation with the 
Commission, the Director of OMB, and the head of each affected 
Federal agency (or a designee thereof), after notice and an oppor-
tunity for public comment, shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a report that includes legislative or regulatory 
recommendations to incentivize a Federal entity to relinquish, or 
share with Federal or non-Federal users, Federal spectrum for 
the purpose of allowing commercial wireless broadband services 
to operate on that Federal spectrum. 
(b) POST-AUCTION PAYMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT.—In preparing the report under subsection (a), 
the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information shall—
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(A) consider whether permitting eligible Federal enti-
ties that are implementing a transition plan submitted 
under section 113(h) of the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration Organization Act (47 
U.S.C. 923(h)) to accept payments could result in access 
to the eligible frequencies that are being reallocated for 
exclusive non-Federal use or shared use sooner than would 
otherwise occur without such payments; and 
(B) include the findings under subparagraph (A), 
including the analysis under paragraph (2) and any rec-
ommendations for legislation, in the report. 
(2) ANALYSIS.—In considering payments under paragraph 
(1)(A), the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communica-
tions and Information shall conduct an analysis of whether 
and how such payments would affect— 
(A) bidding in auctions conducted under section 309(j) 
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) of 
such eligible frequencies; and 
(B) receipts collected from the auctions described in 
subparagraph (A). 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘payment’’ means a payment 
in cash or in-kind by any auction winner, or any person 
affiliated with an auction winner, of eligible frequencies 
during the period after eligible frequencies have been 
reallocated by competitive bidding under section 309(j) of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) but 
prior to the completion of relocation or sharing transition 
of such eligible frequencies per transition plans approved 
by the Technical Panel. 
(B) ELIGIBLE
FREQUENCIES.—The term ‘‘eligible fre-
quencies’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
113(g)(2) of the National Telecommunications and Informa-
tion Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)(2)). 
SEC. 610. BIDIRECTIONAL SHARING STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, including an opportunity for public com-
ment, the Commission, in collaboration with the NTIA, shall— 
(1) conduct a bidirectional sharing study to determine the 
best means of providing Federal entities flexible access to non- 
Federal spectrum on a shared basis across a range of short- 
, mid-, and long-range timeframes, including for intermittent 
purposes like emergency use; and 
(2) submit to Congress a report on the study under para-
graph (1), including any recommendations for legislation or 
proposed regulations. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the study under subsection 
(a), the Commission shall— 
(1) consider the regulatory certainty that commercial spec-
trum users and Federal entities need to make longer-term 
investment decisions for shared access to be viable; and 
(2) evaluate any barriers to voluntary commercial arrange-
ments in which non-Federal users could provide access to Fed-
eral entities.
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SEC. 611. UNLICENSED SERVICES IN GUARD BANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—After public notice and comment, and in 
consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Commu-
nications and Information and the head of each affected Federal 
agency (or a designee thereof), with respect to frequencies allocated 
for Federal use, the Commission shall adopt rules that permit 
unlicensed services where feasible to use any frequencies that are 
designated as guard bands to protect frequencies allocated after 
the date of enactment of this Act by competitive bidding under 
section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)), 
including spectrum that acts as a duplex gap between transmit 
and receive frequencies. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The Commission may not permit any use of 
a guard band under this section that would cause harmful inter-
ference to a licensed service or a Federal service. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as limiting the Commission or the Assistant Secretary 
of Commerce for Communications and Information from otherwise 
making spectrum available for licensed or unlicensed use in any 
frequency band in addition to guard bands, including under section 
603 of this title, consistent with their statutory jurisdictions. 
SEC. 612. PRE-AUCTION FUNDING. 
Section 118(d)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
928(d)(3)(B)(i)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘8 years’’. 
SEC. 613. IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF FUNDS. 
Section 118(e)(1) of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928(e)(1)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) At the request of an eligible Federal entity, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (in this 
subsection referred to as ‘OMB’) may transfer the amount 
under subparagraph (A) immediately— 
‘‘(i) after the frequencies are reallocated by 
competitive bidding under section 309(j) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)); or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an incumbent Federal entity 
that is incurring relocation or sharing costs to 
accommodate 
sharing 
spectrum 
frequencies 
with 
another Federal entity, after the frequencies from 
which the other eligible Federal entity is relocating 
are reallocated by competitive bidding under section 
309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
309(j)), without regard to the availability of such sums 
in the Fund. 
‘‘(E) Prior to the deposit of proceeds into the Fund 
from an auction, the Director of OMB may borrow from 
the Treasury the amount under subparagraph (A) for a 
transfer under subparagraph (D). The Treasury shall imme-
diately be reimbursed, without interest, from funds depos-
ited into the Fund.’’. 
SEC. 614. AMENDMENTS TO THE SPECTRUM PIPELINE ACT OF 2015. 
Section 1008 of the Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2015 (Public 
Law 114–74; 129 Stat. 584) is amended in the matter preceding