I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1056 
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 15, 2021 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio 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 jurisdiction 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 covered project shall not 
be subject to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)). 
(b) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT EX-
EMPTION.—A covered project shall 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 
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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) 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)). 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the territories and 
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possessions of the United States, and each federally 
recognized Indian Tribe. 
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