I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3805 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of 
broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2015 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COLLINS of New York, 
Mr. CRAMER, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. 
KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. LANCE, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 
LONG, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCNER-
NEY, Mr. OLSON, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SHIMKUS, and Mr. YARMUTH) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for the 
inclusion of broadband conduit installation in certain 
highway construction projects, 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 ‘‘Broadband Conduit 
Deployment Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF BROADBAND CONDUIT INSTALLA-
TION IN CERTAIN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 330. Inclusion of broadband conduit installation in 
certain highway construction projects 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require 
States to evaluate the need for broadband conduit in 
accordance with this section as part of any covered 
highway construction project. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—This evaluation shall be 
done in consultation with local and national tele-
communications providers, including telecommuni-
cations service and equipment providers. 
‘‘(3) RESULTS OF EVALUATION.—If the evalua-
tion reveals an anticipated need in the next 15 years 
for broadband conduit beneath hard surfaces to be 
constructed by the project, the conduit shall be in-
stalled under the hard surfaces as part of the cov-
ered highway construction project. 
‘‘(b) INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying 
out subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure with respect 
to a covered highway construction project that— 
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‘‘(1) an appropriate number of broadband con-
duits, as determined by the Administrator of the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Information Admin-
istration, are installed along such highway to accom-
modate multiple broadband providers, with consider-
ation given to the availability of existing conduits; 
‘‘(2) the size of each such conduit is consistent 
with industry best practices and is sufficient to ac-
commodate potential demand, as determined by the 
Administrator; and 
‘‘(3) hand holes and manholes for fiber access 
and pulling with respect to each such conduit are 
placed at intervals consistent with industry best 
practices, as determined by the Administrator. 
‘‘(c) STANDARDS.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Administrator, shall establish standards, con-
sistent with applicable requirements in section 156 of this 
title, section 1.23, part 645, and part 710 of title 23, Code 
of Federal Regulations, and the Approved Utility Accom-
modation Manual, to carry out subsection (b) that con-
sider— 
‘‘(1) the ability to accommodate broadband in-
stallation without impacting the safety, operations, 
and maintenance of the highway facility, its users, 
or others; 
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