I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7349 
To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
to provide a plan to ensure adequate staffing throughout organizational 
units of the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture 
to review communications use authorizations in a timely manner. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2020 
Mr. FLORES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture to provide a plan to ensure adequate staff-
ing throughout organizational units of the Department 
of the Interior and Department of Agriculture to review 
communications use authorizations in a timely manner. 
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 ‘‘Enhancing Adminis-
trative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENABLING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(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; and 
(D) the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate. 
(2) 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; 
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(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. 
(3) COMMUNICATIONS SITE.—The term ‘‘com-
munications site’’ means an area of covered land 
designated for communications uses. 
(4) COMMUNICATIONS USE.—The term ‘‘com-
munications use’’ means the placement and oper-
ation of 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 
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(B) National Forest System land. 
(7) DEPARTMENT
CONCERNED.—The term 
‘‘Department concerned’’ means the Department of 
the Interior or the Department of Agriculture. 
(8) ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT.—The term ‘‘orga-
nizational 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 
(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) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to public land; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System land. 
(b) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned 
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