(b) FAIR MARKET VALUE.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any rental fee collected pursuant 
to this Act shall be of a fair market value with respect 
to other uses of the communications site. 
(c) RENTAL FEES.— 
(1) LIMITATION
ON
AMOUNT
OF
RENTAL 
FEES.—Rental fees shall not exceed the fee sched-
ules published by the Secretary of the Interior for 
communications use rights-of-way or the fair market 
value under subsection (b), whichever is greater. 
(2) REVISION OF RENTAL FEE SCHEDULES FOR 
COMMUNICATIONS SITES RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—Not later 
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, through a public process that includes consider-
ation of industry comments, the Secretary of the In-
terior shall revise the communications sites rights-of- 
way rental fee schedule to reflect fair market value 
and current communications technologies, including 
the physical footprint of such technologies. 
(d) DEPOSIT AND RETENTION OF RENTAL FEES.— 
Rental fees received by a Federal land management agen-
cy shall— 
(1) be deposited in the special account estab-
lished for that Federal land management agency 
under subsection (a); and 
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(2) remain available for expenditure under sub-
section (e), to the extent and in such amounts as are 
provided in advance in appropriation Acts. 
(e) EXPENDITURE OF RETAINED FEES.—Amounts 
deposited in the special account for a Federal land man-
agement agency pursuant to this Act shall be used solely 
by that Federal land management agency for activities re-
lated to communications sites on lands managed by that 
Federal land management agency, 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-
nications sites and authorize communications uses 
on or adjacent to Federal lands managed by that 
Federal land management agency. 
(3) Developing management plans for commu-
nications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands man-
aged by that Federal land management agency on a 
competitively neutral, technology neutral, non-
discriminatory basis. 
(4) Training for management of communica-
tions sites on or adjacent to Federal lands managed 
by that Federal land management agency. 
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(5) Obtaining, improving access to, or estab-
lishing communications sites on or adjacent to Fed-
eral lands managed by that Federal land manage-
ment agency. 
(f) NO EFFECT ON OTHER FEE RETENTION AU-
THORITIES.—This Act shall not limit or otherwise affect 
fee retention by a Federal land management agency under 
any other authority. 
SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AUTHORITY. 
The Secretary of the Interior may enter into coopera-
tive agreements to carry out the activities described in sec-
tion 3(e). 
SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AU-
THORITY 
OF 
THE 
SECRETARY 
OF 
AGRI-
CULTURE. 
Section 8705(f) of the Agriculture Improvement Act 
of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 1761a(f)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(6) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AUTHORITY.— 
The Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-
ments to carry out the activities described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (4).’’. 
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