lands granted, issued, or executed by the Federal land man-
agement agency. 
(b) COMPETITIVELY NEUTRAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any rental fees collected pursuant 
to this Act shall be imposed on a competitively neutral, 
technology-neutral, and nondiscriminatory basis with re-
spect to other uses of the communication site. 
(c) DEPOSIT AND RETENTION OF RENTAL FEES.— 
Rental fees received by a Federal land management agency 
shall— 
(1) be deposited in the special account estab-
lished for that Federal land management agency; and 
(2) remain available for expenditure under sub-
section (d), to the extent and in such amounts as are 
provided in advance in appropriation Acts. 
(d) EXPENDITURE OF RETAINED FEES.—Amounts de-
posited in the special account for a Federal land manage-
ment agency shall be used for Federal land management 
agency activities related to communications sites, including 
the following: 
(1) Administering communications use author-
izations, including cooperative agreements under sec-
tion 4. 
(2) Preparing needs assessments or other pro-
grammatic analyses necessary to establish commu-
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nications sites and authorize communications uses on 
or adjacent to Federal lands. 
(3) Developing management plans for commu-
nications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands on a 
competitively neutral, technology-neutral, nondiscrim-
inatory basis. 
(4) Training for management of communications 
sites on or adjacent to Federal lands. 
(5) Obtaining, improving access to, or estab-
lishing communications sites on or adjacent to Fed-
eral lands. 
(e) NO EFFECT ON OTHER FEE RETENTION AUTHORI-
TIES.—This Act shall not limit or otherwise affect fee reten-
tion by a Federal land management agency under any other 
authority. 
SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AUTHORITY. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.—The Secretary 
of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements to 
carry out the activities described in section 3(d). 
(b) FOREST SERVICE.—The Secretary of Agriculture, 
acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may enter 
into cooperative agreements to carry out the activities de-
scribed in section 3(d). 
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Union Calendar No. 861 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2425 
[Report No. 115–1086, Part I] 
A BILL 
To support the establishment and improvement of 
communications sites on or adjacent to Federal 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture 
through the retention and use of rental fees asso-
ciated with such sites, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 28, 2018 
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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