shall develop a required common form for applica-
tions for easements, rights-of-way, or leases under 
paragraph (1). An executive agency may not require 
an applicant under paragraph (1) to use any form 
for submitting the application other than the com-
mon form developed by the Administrator of General 
Services under this paragraph and may not require 
any significant information beyond the information 
required by such common form. 
‘‘(3) COMMON FEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Commu-
nications Facilities Deployment on Federal 
Property Act of 2018, the Administrator of 
General Services shall establish a common fee 
for the processing of applications under para-
graph (1) and subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) FEE GUIDELINES.—The application 
fees established pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
shall be— 
‘‘(i) based on direct and actual cost 
recovery; and 
‘‘(ii) competitively neutral with regard 
to other users of the building or other 
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property owned by the Federal Govern-
ment. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—The Administrator of 
General Services may establish exceptions to 
the fee amount required under subparagraph 
(A)— 
‘‘(i) in consideration of the public ben-
efit provided by a grant of an easement, 
right-of-way, or lease; and 
‘‘(ii) in the interest of expanding wire-
less and broadband coverage. 
‘‘(4) USE OF FEES COLLECTED.—Any fee col-
lected by an executive agency pursuant to paragraph 
(3) may be made available, as provided in appropria-
tions Acts, to such agency to cover the costs of 
granting the easement, right-of-way, or lease. 
‘‘(c) MASTER CONTRACTS
FOR COMMUNICATIONS 
FACILITY INSTALLATION SITINGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–104; 110 Stat. 151) or any other provision 
of law, not later 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the Communications Facilities Deployment 
on Federal Property Act of 2018, the Administrator 
of General Services shall— 
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‘‘(A) develop one or more master contracts 
that shall govern the placement of a commu-
nications facility installation on a building or 
other property owned by the Federal Govern-
ment, which shall include offers of lease terms 
for the communications facility installation of 
not less than 10 years with automatic lease re-
newals; and 
‘‘(B) in developing the master contract or 
contracts, standardize the treatment of the 
placement of a communications facility installa-
tion on a building rooftop or facade, the place-
ment of a communications facility installation 
on a rooftop or inside a building, the technology 
used in connection with a communications facil-
ity installation placed on a Federal building and 
other property, and any other key issues the 
Administrator of General Services considers ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The master contract or 
contracts developed by the Administrator of General 
Services under paragraph (1) shall apply to all pub-
licly accessible buildings and other property owned 
by the Federal Government. An executive agency 
may not enter into a contract governing the place-
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ment of a communications facility installation on a 
building or other property to which such a master 
contract applies, unless the contract entered into by 
the agency is consistent with, and does not contain 
any significant terms beyond the terms contained in, 
such master contract. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITY
INSTALLA-
TION.—The term ‘communications facility installa-
tion’ 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, or sounds of all 
kinds; and 
‘‘(B) any antenna or apparatus that— 
‘‘(i) is designed for the purpose of 
emitting or receiving radio frequency; 
‘‘(ii) is designed to be operated, or is 
operating, from a fixed location pursuant 
to authorization by the Commission or is 
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using duly authorized devices that do not 
require individual licenses; and 
‘‘(iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
other structure. 
‘‘(2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘executive 
agency’ has the meaning given such term in section 
102 of title 40, United States Code.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act, and the amend-
ments made by this Act, shall take effect 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) EFFECT ON EXISTING APPLICATIONS.—An appli-
cation for an easement, right-of-way, or lease that was 
made or granted under section 6409 of the Middle Class 
Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 
1455) before the effective date of this Act shall continue, 
subject to such section as in effect on the day before such 
effective date. 
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