I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4802 
To track applications to locate or modify communications facilities on Federal 
real property, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2018 
Mr. KINZINGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Energy and Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To track applications to locate or modify communications 
facilities on Federal real property, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Streamlining and Ex-
pediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRACKING OF APPLICATIONS TO LOCATE OR MOD-
IFY COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES ON FED-
ERAL REAL PROPERTY. 
(a) TRACKING BY SENIOR REAL PROPERTY OFFI-
CERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the first fiscal year that 
begins more than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and each fiscal year thereafter, the 
Senior Real Property Officer of a covered agency 
shall track applications to locate or modify commu-
nications facilities on covered assets of such agency. 
(2) INFORMATION
INCLUDED.—The tracking 
required by paragraph (1) shall include tracking 
of— 
(A) the number of applications described 
in such paragraph that are— 
(i) received; 
(ii) approved; and 
(iii) denied; 
(B) in the case of an application described 
in such paragraph that is denied, the reasons 
for the denial; 
(C) the amount of time between the receipt 
of an application described in such paragraph 
and the issuance of a final decision on such ap-
plication; 
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(D) in the case of an application described 
in such paragraph with respect to which the 
agency is not in compliance with a deadline for 
action that is imposed by statute or regulation 
or has not achieved a performance goal included 
in a performance plan of the agency under sec-
tion 1115(b) of title 31, United States Code, 
the reasons for the delay; and 
(E) the cost to the agency of considering 
applications described in such paragraph. 
(3) REPORTS.— 
(A) FROM SRPOS TO NTIA.—Not later than 
90 days after the end of each fiscal year for 
which the Senior Real Property Officer of a 
covered agency is required under paragraph (1) 
to track applications described in such para-
graph, the Senior Real Property Officer shall 
submit to the Assistant Secretary a report on 
the tracking of such applications during such 
fiscal year that includes the information de-
scribed in paragraph (2). 
(B) FROM NTIA TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year 
for which the Senior Real Property Officer of a 
covered agency is required under paragraph (1) 
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status of such an application from the applicant not 
later than 7 days after the date on which the Senior 
Real Property Officer receives the inquiry. 
(b) INCLUSION OF GOALS IN AGENCY PERFORMANCE 
PLANS.—Beginning with the first performance plan that 
the head of a covered agency is required to make available 
under section 1115(b) of title 31, United States Code, 
after the date that is 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the head of the agency shall include in 
such plan performance goals for the speed and efficiency 
of the consideration by the agency of applications de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1). 
(c) COVERED AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered agency’’ means an agency for which a 
Senior Real Property Officer is designated under Execu-
tive Order 13327 (69 Fed. Reg. 5895). 
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