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ture is received by the government or instru-
mentality. 
‘‘(D) ELIGIBLE
SUPPORT
STRUCTURE.— 
The term ‘eligible support structure’ means a 
structure that supports a personal wireless serv-
ice facility at the time at which the eligible fa-
cilities request is made. 
‘‘(E) PERSONAL
WIRELESS
SERVICE
FA-
CILITY.—The term ‘personal wireless service fa-
cility’ means a facility necessary for the provi-
sion of— 
‘‘(i) commercial mobile service; 
‘‘(ii) commercial mobile data service 
(as that term is defined in section 6001 of 
the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Cre-
ation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401)); 
‘‘(iii) unlicensed wireless service; and 
‘‘(iv) common carrier wireless ex-
change access service. 
‘‘(F) TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE FA-
CILITY.—The term ‘telecommunications service 
facility’ means a facility for the provision of any 
interstate 
or 
intrastate 
telecommunications 
service.’’. 
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Communications Commission shall issue final rules imple-
menting subsection (a), and the amendments made by 
such subsection. 
SEC. 213. PROPORTIONAL REVIEWS FOR BROADBAND DE-
PLOYMENT. 
Section 6409(a)(3) of the Middle Class Tax Relief 
and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(a)(3)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF NEPA; NHPA.— 
‘‘(A) NEPA EXEMPTION.—An eligible fa-
cilities request shall not be subject to the re-
quirements of section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)). 
‘‘(B) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
ACT EXEMPTION.—An eligible facilities request 
shall not be considered an undertaking under 
section 300320 of title 54, United States 
Code.’’. 
SEC. 214. PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) is amended by adding 
after section 501, the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 501A. Enhanced general penalty 
‘‘(a) OFFENSES.—Whoever, during and in relation to 
a violation enumerated in section 501, willfully or mali-
ciously destroys any communications facility, in addition 
to the punishment provided for a violation that includes 
imprisonment, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 
2 years. 
‘‘(b) CONSECUTIVE
SENTENCE.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law— 
‘‘(1) a court may not place on probation any 
person convicted of a violation of this section; 
‘‘(2) except as provided in paragraph (3), a 
term of imprisonment imposed on a person under 
this section may not run concurrently with any other 
term of imprisonment imposed on the person under 
any other provision of law, including any term of im-
prisonment imposed for the violation of this section; 
and 
‘‘(3) a term of imprisonment imposed on a per-
son for a violation of this section may, in the discre-
tion of the court, run concurrently, in whole or in 
part, only with another term of imprisonment that 
is imposed by the court at the same time on that 
person for an additional violation of this section, if 
the discretion is exercised in accordance with appli-
cable guidelines and policy statements issued by the 
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Sentencing Commission pursuant to section 994 of 
title 28, United States Code. 
‘‘(c) COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘communications facility’ includes— 
‘‘(1) any infrastructure, including any transmit-
ting 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 trans-
mission of writings, signs, signals, data, images, pic-
tures, and sounds of all kinds; and 
‘‘(2) any antenna or apparatus that— 
‘‘(A) is designed for the purpose of emit-
ting radio frequency; 
‘‘(B) is designed to be operated, or is oper-
ating, from a fixed location pursuant to author-
ization by the Commission or is using duly au-
thorized devices that do not require individual 
licenses; and 
‘‘(C) is added to a tower, building, or other 
structure.’’. 
SEC. 215. REDUCING ANTIQUATED PERMITTING FOR IN-
FRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘personal wireless service’’ means— 
(A) commercial mobile service (as defined 
in section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d))); 
(B) commercial mobile data service (as de-
fined in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax 
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 
1401)); 
(C) unlicensed wireless service; and 
(D) common carrier wireless exchange ac-
cess service. 
(2) PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITY.— 
The term ‘‘personal wireless service facility’’ means 
a facility for the provision of personal wireless serv-
ice. 
(3) SMALL PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FA-
CILITY.—The term ‘‘small personal wireless service 
facility’’— 
(A) means a personal wireless service facil-
ity in which each antenna is not more than 3 
cubic feet in volume; and 
(B) does not include a wireline backhaul 
facility. 
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(4) WIRELINE BACKHAUL FACILITY.—The term 
‘‘wireline backhaul facility’’ means an above-ground 
or underground wireline facility used to transport 
communications service or other electronic commu-
nications from a small personal wireless service facil-
ity or its adjacent network interface device to a com-
munications network. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The deployment of a small per-
sonal wireless service facility shall not constitute an under-
taking under section 300320 of title 54, United States 
Code, or a major Federal action for the purposes of sec-
tion 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). 
(c) REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If a federally recognized In-
dian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization is 
shown to have received a complete Form 620 or 
Form 621 (or any successor form), or can be rea-
sonably expected to have received a complete Form 
620 or Form 621 (or any successor form), and has 
not acted on a complete request contained in the 
form within 45 days after such receipt— 
(A) the Commission and a court of com-
petent jurisdiction (as the case may be) shall 
presume the applicant has made a good faith 
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effort to provide the information reasonably 
necessary for federally recognized Indian Tribes 
and Native Hawaiian Organizations to ascertain 
whether historic properties of religious and cul-
tural significance to them may be affected by 
the undertaking; and 
(B) the federally recognized Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian Organization (as the case 
may be) shall be presumed to have disclaimed 
interest in the application. 
(2) OVERCOMING PRESUMPTION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Federally recognized 
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization 
may overcome the presumption under para-
graph (1) upon favorably demonstrating one or 
more of the factors to be considered under sub-
paragraph (B). 
(B) FACTORS
CONSIDERED.—The review 
by the Commission or a court of competent ju-
risdiction under paragraph (1) shall give sub-
stantial weight to— 
(i) whether the applicant made a rea-
sonable attempt to follow up with the fed-
erally recognized Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian Organization not earlier than 30 
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days, and not later than 50 days, after the 
applicant submitted a complete Form 620 
or Form 621 (as the case may be) to the 
federally recognized Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian Organization; and 
(ii) whether the rules of the Commis-
sion and Form 620 or Form 621 is found 
to be in violation of a Nationwide Pro-
grammatic Agreement of the Commission. 
SEC. 216. COASTAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT. 
(a) NEPA EXEMPTION.—A covered project shall not 
be subject to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)). 
(b) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT EX-
EMPTION.—A covered project shall not be considered an 
undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United 
States Code. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(2) COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITY.—The term 
‘‘communications facility’’ includes— 
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(A) any wireless or wireline infrastructure 
for the transmission of writing, signs, signals, 
data, images, pictures, or sounds of all kinds; 
(B) any transmitting device, tower, or sup-
port structure, and any equipment, switches, 
wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabi-
nets, associated with the provision of commu-
nications service; and 
(C) 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; and 
(iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
other structure. 
(3) COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘communications service’’ means a service for the 
transmission of writing, signs, signals, data, images, 
pictures, or sounds of all kinds. 
(4) COVERED
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 
project’’ means a project— 
(A) for the deployment or modification of 
a communications facility that is to be carried 
out entirely within a floodplain (as defined in 
section 9.4 of title 44, Code of Federal Regula-
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tions, as in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act); and 
(B) for which a permit, license, or approval 
from the Commission is required or that is oth-
erwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Com-
mission. 
SEC. 217. BROWNFIELDS BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT. 
(a) NEPA EXEMPTION.—A covered project shall not 
be subject to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)). 
(b) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT EX-
EMPTION.—A covered project shall not be considered an 
undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United 
States Code. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(2) COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITY.—The term 
‘‘communications facility’’ includes— 
(A) any wireless or wireline infrastructure 
for the transmission of writing, signs, signals, 
data, images, pictures, or sounds of all kinds; 
(B) any transmitting device, tower, or sup-
port structure, and any equipment, switches, 
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wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabi-
nets, associated with the provision of commu-
nications service; and 
(C) 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; and 
(iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
other structure. 
(3) COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘communications service’’ means a service for the 
transmission of writing, signs, signals, data, images, 
pictures, or sounds of all kinds. 
(4) COVERED
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 
project’’ means a project— 
(A) for the deployment or modification of 
a communications facility that is to be carried 
out entirely within a brownfield site (as defined 
in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601)); and 
(B) for which a permit, license, or approval 
from the Commission is required or that is oth-
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erwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Com-
mission. 
SEC. 218. TRUSTED BROADBAND NETWORKS. 
(a) NEPA EXEMPTION.—A covered project shall not 
be subject to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)). 
(b) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT EX-
EMPTION.—A covered project shall not be considered an 
undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United 
States Code. 
(c) COVERED PROJECT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered project’’ means a project to perma-
nently remove covered communications equipment or serv-
ices (as defined in section 9 of the Secure and Trusted 
Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608)) 
and to replace such covered communications equipment or 
services with communications equipment or services that 
are not covered communications equipment or services (as 
so defined). 
SEC. 219. CONNECTING COMMUNITIES POST DISASTER. 
(a) NEPA EXEMPTION.—A covered project shall not 
be subject to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)). 
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(b) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT EX-
EMPTION.—A covered project shall not be considered an 
undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United 
States Code. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITY.—The term 
‘‘communications facility’’ includes— 
(A) any wireless or wireline infrastructure 
for the transmission of writing, signs, signals, 
data, images, pictures, or sounds of all kinds; 
(B) any transmitting device, tower, or sup-
port structure, and any equipment, switches, 
wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabi-
nets, associated with the provision of commu-
nications services; and 
(C) 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; and 
(iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
other structure. 
(2) COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘communications service’’ means a service for the 
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transmission of writing, signs, signals, data, images, 
pictures, or sounds of all kinds. 
(3) COVERED
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 
project’’ means a project that— 
(A) is to be carried out within an area for 
which the President has declared a major dis-
aster or an emergency under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); 
(B) is to be carried out not later than 5 
years after the date on which the President 
made such declaration; and 
(C) replaces a communications facility 
damaged by such disaster or emergency or 
makes improvements to a communications facil-
ity in such area that could reasonably be con-
sidered as necessary for recovery from such dis-
aster or emergency or to prevent or mitigate fu-
ture disasters or emergencies. 
SEC. 220. WILDFIRE WIRELESS RESILIENCY. 
(a) NEPA EXEMPTION.—A covered project shall not 
be subject to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)). 
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(b) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT EX-
EMPTION.—A covered project shall not be considered an 
undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United 
States Code. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITY.—The term 
‘‘communications facility’’ includes— 
(A) any wireless or wireline infrastructure 
for the transmission of writing, sign, signal, 
data, image, picture, or sound of any kind; 
(B) any transmitting device, tower, or sup-
port structure, and any equipment, switch, wir-
ing, cabling, power source, shelter, or cabinet, 
associated with the provision of communications 
services; and 
(C) 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; and 
(iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
other structure. 
(2) COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘communications service’’ means a service for the 
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transmission of any writing, sign, signal, data, 
image, picture, or sound of any kind. 
(3) COVERED
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 
project’’ means a project that— 
(A) is to be carried out entirely within an 
area for which a Governor has declared a major 
disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire; 
(B) is to be carried out not later than 5 
years after the date the Governor made such 
declaration; and 
(C) replaces a communications facility 
damaged by such disaster or emergency or 
makes improvements to a communications facil-
ity in such area that could reasonably be con-
sidered as necessary for recovery from such dis-
aster or emergency or to prevent or mitigate 
any future disaster or emergency. 
SEC. 221. STANDARD FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6409 of the Middle Class 
Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 
1455) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(d) COMMON FEE SCHEDULE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Administrator of General Serv-
ices shall establish a common fee schedule for the 
processing of applications under subsections (b)(1) 
and (c). 
‘‘(2) FEE GUIDELINES.—The application fees 
established under paragraph (1) shall be— 
‘‘(A) based on direct and actual cost recov-
ery; and 
‘‘(B) competitively neutral with regard to 
other users of the building or other property 
owned by the Federal Government. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The Administrator of Gen-
eral Services may establish competitively neutral ex-
ceptions to the fee amounts established under para-
graph (1)— 
‘‘(A) in consideration of the public benefit 
provided by a grant of an easement, right-of- 
way, or lease; and 
‘‘(B) in the interest of expanding wireless 
and broadband coverage. 
‘‘(4) USE OF FEES COLLECTED.—Any fee col-
lected by an executive agency under this section 
shall only be available to the extent, and in such 
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amounts, as are provided in advance in appropria-
tion Acts, to the agency to cover the costs of grant-
ing the easement, right-of-way, or lease.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE.—The Administrator of General Serv-
ices shall establish the fee schedule required under section 
6409(d) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation 
Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(d)), as added by subsection 
(a), not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 222. EXPEDITING FEDERAL BROADBAND DEPLOY-
MENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate; 
(E) the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives; and 
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(F) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry 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’’ includes— 
(A) 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 wire-
less 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 Commission or is 
using duly authorized devices that do not 
require individual licenses; and 
(iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
other structure. 
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(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 to locate or modify a commu-
nications facility on covered land by the Department 
concerned for the primary purpose of authorizing 
the occupancy and use of the covered land for com-
munications use. 
(6) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 
means— 
(A) public land administered by the Sec-
retary of the Interior; and 
(B) National Forest System land. 
(7) DEPARTMENT
CONCERNED.—The term 
‘‘Department concerned’’ means the Department of 
the Interior or the Department of Agriculture. 
(8) ORGANIZATION UNIT.—The term ‘‘organiza-
tional unit’’ means— 
(A) with respect to public land adminis-
tered by the Secretary of the Interior— 
(i) a State office; 
(ii) a district office; or 
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(iii) a field office; and 
(B) within the Forest Service— 
(i) a regional office; 
(ii) the headquarters; 
(iii) a management unit; or 
(iv) a ranger district office. 
(9) STRIKE FORCE.—The term ‘‘Strike Force’’ 
means the interagency strike force established in 
subsection (b)(1). 
(b) STRIKE FORCE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assist-
ant Secretary shall establish an interagency strike 
force to increase prioritization by the Department 
concerned, senior management of the Department 
concerned, or an organizational unit of reviews for 
communications use authorizations. 
(2) DUTIES.—In carrying out the prioritization 
under paragraph (1), the Strike Force shall— 
(A) conduct periodic calls between mem-
bers of the Strike Force relating to requests for 
communications use authorizations; and 
(B) monitor and facilitate accountability of 
the Department concerned and organizational 
units to meet objective and reasonable goals for 
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the review of requests for communications use 
authorizations. 
(3) MEMBERS.—The Strike Force shall be com-
posed of such representatives of Departments con-
cerned as the Assistant Secretary considers appro-
priate, in addition to— 
(A) the Assistant Secretary; 
(B) a representative of the Department 
concerned; 
(C) senior management of the Department 
concerned; and 
(D) the head of each organizational unit. 
(4) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 
270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Strike Force shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report on the effectiveness of 
the Strike Force in increasing the prioritization of 
reviews for communications use authorization re-
quests. 
SEC. 
223. 
FEDERAL 
BROADBAND 
DEPLOYMENT 
IN 
UNSERVED AREAS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate; 
(E) the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(F) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry of the Senate. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(3) COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITY.—The term 
‘‘communications facility’’ includes— 
(A) any infrastructure, including any 
transmitting device, tower, or support structure, 
and any equipment, switch, wiring, cabling, 
power source, shelter, or cabinet, associated 
with the licensed or permitted unlicensed wire-
less or wireline transmission of any writing, 
sign, signal, data, image, picture, and sound of 
any kind; and 
(B) any antenna or apparatus that— 
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(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 Commission or is 
using any duly authorized device that does 
not require an individual license; and 
(iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
other structure. 
(4) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 
means land managed by a Federal land management 
agency. 
(5) DEPARTMENT
CONCERNED.—The term 
‘‘Department concerned’’ means the Department of 
the Interior or the Department of Agriculture. 
(6) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘Federal land management agency’’ 
means— 
(A) the Forest Service; 
(B) the Bureau of Land Management; 
(C) the National Park Service; 
(D) the Fish and Wildlife Service; and 
(E) the Bureau of Reclamation. 
(7) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
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