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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3293 
To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information to establish an interagency strike force to ensure that certain 
Federal land management agencies, including the organizational units 
of such agencies, prioritize the review of requests for communications 
use authorizations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2023 
Mr. DUNCAN (for himself and Ms. CRAIG) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition 
to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Commu-
nications and Information to establish an interagency 
strike force to ensure that certain Federal land manage-
ment agencies, including the organizational units of such 
agencies, prioritize the review of requests for communica-
tions use authorizations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(A) conducting periodic calls between the 
members of the strike force to ensure that each 
Federal land management agency, including 
each 
organizational 
unit 
of 
the 
agency, 
prioritizes the review of requests for commu-
nications use authorizations; 
(B) establishing objective and reasonable 
goals for the review of requests for communica-
tions use authorizations; and 
(C) monitoring, and facilitating the ac-
countability of, each Federal land management 
agency, including each organizational unit of 
the agency, with respect to meeting such goals. 
(4) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 
270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the ef-
fectiveness of the strike force in ensuring that each 
Federal land management agency, including each or-
ganizational unit of the agency, prioritizes the review 
of requests for communications use authorizations. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ 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; and 
(D) the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 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 sec-
tion 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 a Federal land manage-
ment agency; 
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(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 land for commu-
nications use. 
(6) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 
means— 
(A) public lands; and 
(B) National Forest System land. 
(7) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘Federal land management agency’’ 
means each of the following: 
(A) The Bureau of Land Management. 
(B) The Forest Service. 
(8) NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘National Forest System’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Range-
land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1609(a)). 
(9) ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT.—The term ‘‘orga-
nizational unit’’ means— 
(A) with respect to the Bureau of Land 
Management— 
(i) a State office; 
(ii) a regional office; 
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(iii) a district office; or 
(iv) a field office; and 
(B) with respect to the Forest Service— 
(i) a regional office; 
(ii) a management unit; or 
(iii) a ranger district office. 
(10) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 103 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). 
(11) STRIKE FORCE.—The term ‘‘strike force’’ 
means the interagency strike force established under 
subsection (a)(1). 
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