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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3306 
To facilitate Federal broadband permit coordination, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2023 
Mr. CURTIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
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 facilitate Federal broadband permit coordination, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Broadband 
Permit Coordination Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL BROADBAND PERMIT COORDINATION. 
(a) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary concerned, in consultation with the National 
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Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and the 
National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Offi-
cers, shall enter into, in accordance with this section, a 
memorandum of understanding with— 
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture or the Sec-
retary of the Interior (as the case may be); 
(2) the Director of the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs; and 
(3) the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the memorandum of 
understanding entered into under subsection (a) shall be 
to coordinate and expedite permitting decisions for 
broadband projects. 
(c) STATE OR TRIBAL PARTICIPATION.—The Sec-
retary concerned may request that the Governor of a State 
or the officer designated by the governing body of an In-
dian Tribe with one or more broadband projects be a party 
to the memorandum of understanding entered into under 
subsection (a). 
(d) DESIGNATION OF QUALIFIED STAFF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of entrance into a memorandum of under-
standing under subsection (a), the head of each Fed-
eral agency that is a party to the memorandum of 
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understanding (other than the Secretary concerned) 
may, if the head of the Federal agency determines 
it to be appropriate, designate to each State or re-
gional office (that has been delegated responsibility 
by the Secretary concerned for issuing permits for 
broadband projects) an employee of that Federal 
agency with expertise in regulatory issues relating to 
that Federal agency, including, as applicable, par-
ticular expertise in— 
(A) planning under the Forest and Range-
land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) and planning 
under the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 
(B) the preparation of analyses under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or 
(C) consultation and the preparation of bi-
ological opinions under section 7 of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536). 
(2) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
STREAMLINING 
TEAM.—If employees are designated under para-
graph (1), the Secretary concerned shall establish a 
broadband permit streamlining team, comprised of 
such employees, in each State or regional office that 
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