Standard FEES Act
Bill: H.R.1067 | Sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. (R-AL)
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation and Streamlining Act or the Standard FEES Act
This bill requires the General Services Administration to establish a common fee schedule for the processing of certain wireless facilities deployment applications, including (1) the grant of an easement, right-of-way, or lease to, in, over, or on property owned by the federal government; and (2) communications facility installation sitings.
Such fees shall be competitively neutral and based on direct and actual cost recovery. Further, any fee collected shall only be available to cover the costs of granting such easement, right-of-way, or lease as provided in advance in an appropriations bill.

To streamline the process for consideration of applications for the 
 placement of communications facilities on certain buildings and other 
   property owned by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation 
and Streamlining Act'' or the ``Standard FEES Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMON FEDERAL FEE SCHEDULE.

    (a) In General.--Section 6409 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and 
Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Common Fee Schedule.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the Administrator of General Services shall establish a 
        common fee schedule for the processing of applications under 
        subsections (b)(1) and (c).
            ``(2) Fee guidelines.--The application fees established 
        under paragraph (1) shall be--
                    ``(A) based on direct and actual cost recovery; and
                    ``(B) competitively neutral with regard to other 
                users of the building or other property owned by the 
                Federal Government.
            ``(3) Exceptions.--The Administrator of General Services 
        may establish competitively neutral exceptions to the fee 
        amounts established under paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) in consideration of the public benefit 
                provided by a grant of an easement, right-of-way, or 
                lease; and
                    ``(B) in the interest of expanding wireless and 
                broadband coverage.
            ``(4) Use of fees collected.--Any fee collected by an 
        executive agency under this section shall only be available to 
        the extent, and in such amounts, as are provided in advance in 
        appropriation Acts, to the agency to cover the costs of 
        granting the easement, right-of-way, or lease.''.
    (b) Deadline.--The Administrator of General Services shall 
establish the fee schedule required under section 6409(d) of the Middle 
Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(d)), as 
added by subsection (a), not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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