I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4798 
To provide for an inventory of Federal assets on which a communications 
facility could be constructed or that could otherwise be made available 
for use in connection with the construction or operation of a communica-
tions facility or provision of communications service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2018 
Mr. COLLINS of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 for an inventory of Federal assets on which 
a communications facility could be constructed or that 
could otherwise be made available for use in connection 
with the construction or operation of a communications 
facility or provision of communications service. 
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 ‘‘Inventory of Assets 
for Communications Facilities Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. INVENTORY OF FEDERAL ASSETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) the Administrator of General Services, in 
coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Com-
merce for Communications and Information, shall 
ensure that the database established under section 
5(c) of Executive Order 13327 (69 Fed. Reg. 5895) 
includes an inventory of covered assets, which shall 
include the information provided under subsections 
(b) and (c); 
(2) the Administrator shall make such inven-
tory available to the Assistant Secretary for pur-
poses of paragraph (3); and 
(3) the Assistant Secretary shall make such in-
ventory available to any entity that constructs or op-
erates communications facilities or provides commu-
nications service. 
(b) PROVISION
OF INFORMATION
BY EXECUTIVE 
AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 9 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head 
of an Executive agency shall provide to the Adminis-
trator, in a manner and format to be determined by 
the Administrator, the information described in 
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paragraph (2) with respect to a covered asset of 
such agency. 
(2) INFORMATION
DESCRIBED.—The informa-
tion described in this paragraph is— 
(A) the location of the covered asset; 
(B) the type of the covered asset, such as 
whether the asset is a building (and the type of 
building), land (and the type or use of the 
land), right-of-way, easement, utility pole, wire-
less communications tower, underground utility 
route, or cable on which capacity is available for 
lease; 
(C) contact information for an officer or 
employee of the agency who may be contacted 
for permitting or other information about the 
covered asset; 
(D) whether the covered asset is historic 
property (as defined in section 300308 of title 
54, United States Code); and 
(E) such other information as the Admin-
istrator considers appropriate. 
(3) PROVISION OF UPDATED INFORMATION.— 
(A) CHANGE
IN
INFORMATION.—In the 
case of a change in any of the information pro-
vided to the Administrator under paragraph (1) 
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with respect to a covered asset of an Executive 
agency, the head of such agency shall provide 
updated information to the Administrator not 
later than 30 days after such change. 
(B) 
ACQUISITION
OF
NEW
COVERED 
ASSET.—In the case of the acquisition of a cov-
ered asset by an Executive agency after the 
date that is 9 months after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the head of such agency 
shall provide to the Administrator the informa-
tion required by paragraph (1) with respect to 
such asset not later than 30 days after such ac-
quisition. 
(4) EXCLUSION
OF
INFORMATION
FOR
NA-
TIONAL SECURITY REASONS.— 
(A) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The head 
of an Executive agency may exclude classified 
information from the information provided to 
the Administrator under this subsection. 
(B) OTHER INFORMATION.—If the head of 
an Executive agency determines, in consultation 
with the Administrator, that inclusion of infor-
mation (other than classified information) 
about a covered asset of such agency in the in-
ventory established under subsection (a) would 
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