I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5273 
To provide that a project for the collocation of a telecommunications service 
facility is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental 
or historical preservation reviews. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 
Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, 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 provide that a project for the collocation of a tele-
communications service facility is not subject to require-
ments to prepare certain environmental or historical 
preservation reviews. 
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 Competi-
tion and Efficient Deployment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO COLLOCA-
TION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 
FACILITIES. 
(a) NEPA EXEMPTION.—A Federal authorization 
with respect to a covered project may not be considered 
a major Federal action under section 102(2)(C) of the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)). 
(b) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT EX-
EMPTION.—A covered project may 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) COVERED
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 
project’’ means a project— 
(A) for the placement, construction, or 
modification of a telecommunications service fa-
cility in or on eligible support infrastructure; 
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. 
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(3) ELIGIBLE
SUPPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
The term ‘‘eligible support infrastructure’’ means in-
frastructure that supports or houses a facility for 
communication by wire (or is designed to or capable 
of supporting or housing such a facility) at the time 
when a complete request to a State or local govern-
ment or instrumentality thereof, or to an Indian 
Tribe, for authorization to place, construct, or mod-
ify a telecommunications service facility in or on the 
infrastructure is received by the government, instru-
mentality, or Indian Tribe. 
(4) 
FEDERAL
AUTHORIZATION.—The 
term 
‘‘Federal authorization’’— 
(A) means any authorization required 
under Federal law with respect to a covered 
project; and 
(B) includes any permits, special use au-
thorizations, certifications, opinions, or other 
approvals as may be required under Federal law 
with respect to a covered project. 
(5) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
under section 102 of the Federally Recognized In-
dian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130). 
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(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
and each territory or possession of the United 
States. 
(7) 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE.—The 
term ‘‘telecommunications service’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 3 of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 
(8) TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE
FACIL-
ITY.—The term ‘‘telecommunications service facil-
ity’’— 
(A) means a facility that is designed or 
used to provide or facilitate the provision of any 
interstate 
or 
intrastate 
telecommunications 
service; and 
(B) includes a facility described in sub-
paragraph (A) that is used to provide other 
services. 
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