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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1343 
To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information to submit to Congress a plan for the Assistant Secretary 
to track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of certain Form 299s, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2025 
Mr. PFLUGER (for himself and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Commu-
nications and Information to submit to Congress a plan 
for the Assistant Secretary to track the acceptance, proc-
essing, and disposal of certain Form 299s, 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 
Deployment Tracking Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PLAN FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO TRACK THE 
ACCEPTANCE, PROCESSING, AND DISPOSAL 
OF CERTAIN FORM 299S. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan 
containing a description of— 
(1) the process by which the Assistant Sec-
retary proposes to— 
(A) track the acceptance, processing, and 
disposal of each Form 299 for communications 
use authorization; 
(B) provide applicants additional trans-
parency with respect to the status of the appli-
cable Form 299 for communications use au-
thorization; and 
(C) most expeditiously implement the plan; 
and 
(2) any potential barriers to implementing the 
plan that are identified by the Assistant Secretary. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate. 
(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information. 
(3) COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITY.—The term 
‘‘communications facility’’ has the meaning given the 
term communications facility installation in section 
6409(d) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 
Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(d)). 
(4) COMMUNICATIONS USE.—The term ‘‘com-
munications use’’ means the placement and oper-
ation of a communications facility. 
(5) COMMUNICATIONS USE AUTHORIZATION.— 
The term ‘‘communications use authorization’’ 
means an easement, right-of-way, lease, license, or 
other authorization— 
(A) provided by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior or the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(B) to locate or modify a communications 
facility on covered land; and 
(C) for the primary purpose of authorizing 
the occupancy and use of such covered land for 
communications use. 
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(6) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 
means— 
(A) public lands; and 
(B) National Forest System land. 
(7) FORM 299.—The term ‘‘Form 299’’ means 
the form established under section 6409(b)(2)(A) of 
the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act 
of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(2)(A)), or any successor 
form. 
(8) NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘National Forest System’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Range-
land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1609(a)). 
(9) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’ 
means land under the management of— 
(A) the Bureau of Land Management; 
(B) the National Park Service; 
(C) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; or 
(D) the Bureau of Reclamation. 
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