IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 701 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that with respect 
to any study required to be conducted by the Federal Communications 
Commission, or any entity regulated by the Commission under the Fed-
eral Communications Act of 1934, under the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 or division A of subtitle III of title 54, United 
States Code (formerly known as the National Historic Preservation Act), 
for the provision of broadband infrastructure, the area to be studied 
should be limited to the area of impact. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2018 
Mr. FLORES submitted the following resolution; 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
with respect to any study required to be conducted by 
the Federal Communications Commission, or any entity 
regulated by the Commission under the Federal Commu-
nications Act of 1934, under the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 or division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code (formerly known as the National 
Historic 
Preservation 
Act), 
for 
the 
provision 
of 
broadband infrastructure, the area to be studied should 
be limited to the area of impact. 
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•HRES 701 IH 
Whereas environmental and historic reviews for broadband 
infrastructure cover larger swaths of land than needed to 
provision broadband service and networks; 
Whereas environmental and historic reviews add significant 
time and costs to the deployment of broadband networks; 
Whereas overbroad environmental and historic reviews create 
permitting delays and unnecessarily burden Federal land 
management agency resources; 
Whereas making environmental and historic reviews propor-
tional to the amount of Federal lands occupied for 
broadband deployment will benefit agency permit issuers 
by proportionally reducing applications and streamlining 
permit review process time; and 
Whereas environmental and historic reviews should be nar-
rowly tailored to lands that are physically impacted: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that with respect to any study required to be 
conducted by the Federal Communications Commission, or 
any entity regulated by the Commission under the Federal 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), 
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code (formerly known as the National 
Historic Preservation Act), for the provision of broadband 
infrastructure, the area to be studied should be limited 
to the area of impact. 
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