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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1541 
To provide that a project for the collocation of a personal wireless service 
facility is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental 
or historical preservation reviews. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2025 
Mr. RULLI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide that a project for the collocation of a personal 
wireless service facility is not subject to requirements 
to prepare certain environmental or historical preserva-
tion 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 ‘‘Wireless Broadband 
Competition and Efficient Deployment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO COLLOCA-
TION 
OF 
CERTAIN 
PERSONAL 
WIRELESS 
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— 
(i) the mounting or installation of an 
eligible personal wireless service facility 
with another eligible personal wireless serv-
ice facility that exists at the time at which 
a complete request for authorization of 
such mounting or installation is filed with 
a State or local government or instrumen-
tality thereof or with an Indian Tribe; or 
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(ii) the modification of an eligible per-
sonal wireless service facility; 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. 
(3) ELIGIBLE
PERSONAL
WIRELESS
SERVICE 
FACILITY.—The term ‘‘eligible personal wireless 
service facility’’ means any antenna, apparatus, or 
transmitting device, and any equipment, switches, 
wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabinets, 
for the provision of a personal wireless service. 
(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) PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICES.—The term 
‘‘personal wireless services’’— 
(A) has the meaning given such term in 
section 332(c)(7)(C) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(7)(C)); and 
(B) also includes commercial mobile data 
service (as defined in section 6001 of the Mid-
dle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 
2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401)). 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
and each territory or possession of the United 
States. 
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