American Broadband Act
Bill: H.R.3435 | Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (R-WA)
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
American Broadband Act
This bill addresses broadband and other communications services.
The bill limits applicable state and local regulatory authority. Limitations include setting (and providing statutory authority for) deadlines for reviews and decisions related to personal wireless and other telecommunication service facilities, as well as cable franchises and services. Further, a state or locality may not provide broadband services in areas with more than one other commercial provider.
The bill exempts certain telecommunications infrastructure projects from environmental and historic preservation reviews, including projects carried out after a declared disaster or emergency (e.g., a wildfire).
The bill also establishes a rebuttable presumption that a request for a review of the effects of deploying wireless service on historically, culturally, or religiously significant tribal or Native Hawaiian land is complete if the tribe or Native Hawaiian organization receives certain forms.
The bill enhances criminal penalties for willful or malicious destruction of a communication facility.
Furthermore, the General Services Administration must establish a common fee schedule for deploying wireless facilities that affect federal property.
Additionally, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration must
The bill also requires collaboration among federal agencies that support broadband deployment.

To establish a broadband expansion grant program, to streamline the 
  permitting process for fixed and mobile broadband services, 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 ``American Broadband Act''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
                      TITLE I--BROADBAND EXPANSION

Sec. 101. Broadband expansion grant program.
Sec. 102. Mobile broadband expansion grant program.
               TITLE II--BOOSTING BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Sec. 201. Wireless leadership.
Sec. 202. Broadband leadership.
Sec. 203. Cable leadership.
Sec. 204. Cable expansion.
Sec. 205. Cable competition.
Sec. 206. Cable transparency.
Sec. 207. Communities over regulating networks need economic 
                            competition today.
Sec. 208. Streamlining permitting to enable efficient deployment of 
                            broadband infrastructure.
Sec. 209. Wireless broadband competition and efficient deployment.
Sec. 210. Broadband competition and efficient deployment.
Sec. 211. Wireless resiliency and flexible investment.
Sec. 212. Broadband resiliency and flexible investment.
Sec. 213. Proportional reviews for broadband deployment.
Sec. 214. Protecting critical infrastructure.
Sec. 215. Reducing antiquated permitting for infrastructure deployment.
Sec. 216. Coastal broadband deployment.
Sec. 217. Brownfields broadband deployment.
Sec. 218. Trusted broadband networks.
Sec. 219. Connecting communities post disaster.
Sec. 220. Wildfire wireless resiliency.
Sec. 221. Standard fees.
Sec. 222. Expediting Federal broadband deployment.
Sec. 223. Federal broadband deployment in unserved areas.
Sec. 224. Federal broadband deployment tracking.

                      TITLE I--BROADBAND EXPANSION

SEC. 101. BROADBAND EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Notification of Creation of Broadband Maps; Data Sharing.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 3 business days after 
        creating the maps required under section 802(c)(1) of the 
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(c)(1)), the 
        Commission shall notify the Assistant Secretary that such maps 
        have been created.
            (2) Data sharing.--Not less frequently than annually, the 
        Commission shall, through the process established under section 
        802(b)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        642(b)(7)), provide the Assistant Secretary any data collected 
        by the Commission pursuant to title VIII of such Act.
    (b) Broadband Grant Program.--
            (1) Establishment of grant program; notice of funding 
        opportunity.--The Assistant Secretary shall, not later than 1 
        year after the Assistant Secretary is notified as described in 
        subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) establish a program to make grants on a 
                competitive basis, from amounts made available to carry 
                out this section, to covered partnerships for covered 
                broadband projects; and
                    (B) publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity in the 
                Federal Register that includes information about such 
                program, including any requirement established by this 
                section.
            (2) Limitation.--The Assistant Secretary may not make a 
        grant under this section before the date that is 1 year after 
        the date on which the Assistant Secretary is notified as 
        described in subsection (a)(1).
            (3) Coordination.--In making a grant award under paragraph 
        (1), in order to avoid overbuilding in areas where Federal 
        funds have already been awarded, the Assistant Secretary shall 
        coordinate with--
                    (A) the Chairman of the Commission;
                    (B) the Secretary of Agriculture; and
                    (C) the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
                Economic Development.
            (4) Eligibility requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under 
                this section, a covered partnership shall submit an 
                application at such time, in such manner, and 
                containing such information as the Assistant Secretary 
                may require, but the application shall, at a minimum, 
                include a description of--
                            (i) the covered partnership submitting the 
                        application under this subsection;
                            (ii) the covered broadband project to be 
                        funded by the grant, including the speed or 
                        speeds at which the covered partnership plans 
                        to offer broadband service under the project;
                            (iii) the cost of the covered broadband 
                        project to be funded by the grant, including--
                                    (I) a description of how the 
                                required construction will be funded;
                                    (II) all estimated project costs 
                                for all facilities that are required to 
                                complete the project, including the 
                                costs of upgrading, replacing, or 
                                otherwise modifying the existing 
                                facilities to expand coverage or meet 
                                performance requirements;
                                    (III) a description of how grant 
                                funds will be used in combination with 
                                other funds to support the broadband 
                                service project;
                                    (IV) in the case of a broadband 
                                service project that will be partially 
                                supported by loans, financial 
                                projections demonstrating that the 
                                covered partnership can cover the 
                                necessary debt service payments over 
                                the life of any loan; and
                                    (V) financial projections 
                                demonstrating that the covered 
                                partnership will remain financially 
                                stable at the conclusion of the grant 
                                award;
                            (iv) the area to be served by the covered 
                        broadband project (in this section referred to 
                        as the ``proposed service area'');
                            (v) how the State, political subdivision, 
                        or political subdivisions in the covered 
                        partnership chose which provider of broadband 
                        service to enter into a partnership with for 
                        the purposes of applying for a grant under this 
                        section; and
                            (vi) any support provided to the provider 
                        of broadband service that is in the covered 
                        partnership through--
                                    (I) any grant, loan, or loan 
                                guarantee provided by a State to the 
                                provider of broadband service for the 
                                deployment of broadband service in the 
                                proposed service area;
                                    (II) any grant, loan, or loan 
                                guarantee with respect to the proposed 
                                service area provided by the Secretary 
                                of Agriculture under title VI of the 
                                Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
                                U.S.C. 950bb et seq.), including the 
                                Broadband Grants, Loans, and Loan 
                                Guarantees program, the Community 
                                Connect Programs, and the ReConnect 
                                Pilot Program;
                                    (III) any high-cost universal 
                                service support provided under section 
                                254 of the Communications Act of 1934 
                                (47 U.S.C. 254);
                                    (IV) any grant provided under 
                                section 6001 of the American Recovery 
                                and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (47 U.S.C. 
                                1305);
                                    (V) the Education Stabilization 
                                Fund under title VIII of division B of 
                                the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136);
                                    (VI) any grant, loan, or loan 
                                guarantee provided by the Federal 
                                Government for the provision of 
                                broadband service; or
                                    (VII) any legally enforceable 
                                broadband deployment obligations to 
                                which the provider of broadband service 
                                is subject in the eligible service 
                                area.
                    (B) Requirement to streamline permitting process.--
                            (i) In general.--In order for a covered 
                        partnership to be eligible for a grant under 
                        this section each covered entity may only 
                        charge a fee to consider an application for the 
                        placement, construction, or modification of a 
                        facility for the provision of broadband 
                        service, personal wireless services, or 
                        telecommunications service in the proposed 
                        service area or an application to use a right-
                        of-way or a facility in a right-of-way owned or 
                        managed by that entity for the placement, 
                        construction, or modification of a facility for 
                        the provision of any such service in the 
                        proposed service area, if the fee for 
                        considering such application is--
                                    (I) nondiscriminatory;
                                    (II) publicly disclosed; and
                                    (III) based on actual and direct 
                                costs, such as costs for the review and 
                                processing of such applications.
                            (ii) Covered entity defined.--In this 
                        paragraph, the term ``covered entity'' means--
                                    (I) an entity in the partnership 
                                that is a State or political 
                                subdivision of a State; and
                                    (II) a political subdivision in 
                                which all or part of the proposed 
                                service area is located.
            (5) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
        Assistant Secretary shall give priority to applications for 
        covered broadband projects as follows (in decreasing order of 
        priority):
                    (A) Covered broadband projects designed to provide 
                broadband service to the greatest number of households 
                in an eligible service area.
                    (B) Covered broadband projects designed to provide 
                broadband service in an eligible service area that is 
                wholly within any area other than--
                            (i) a county, city, or town that has a 
                        population of greater than 50,000 inhabitants; 
                        and
                            (ii) the urbanized area contiguous and 
                        adjacent to such a city or town.
                    (C) Covered broadband projects that are most cost-
                effective, prioritizing such areas that are most rural.
                    (D) Covered broadband projects designed to provide 
                broadband service with a download speed of at least 100 
                megabits per second and an upload speed of at least 20 
                megabits per second.
                    (E) Any other covered broadband project that meets 
                the requirements of this section.
            (6) Federal contribution.--The amount of any grant provided 
        to a covered partnership under this section may not exceed 75 
        percent of the total cost of the covered broadband project.
            (7) Grant conditions.--
                    (A) Requirements.--As a condition of receiving a 
                grant under this section for a covered broadband 
                project that involves placing facilities along a 
                roadway, the Assistant Secretary shall require the 
                covered partnership receiving the grant to include 
                consistent access points to allow access to such 
                facilities, in accordance with any best practices 
                established by the Commission regarding the placement 
                of conduit access points.
                    (B) Prohibitions.--As a condition of receiving a 
                grant under this section, the Assistant Secretary shall 
                prohibit--
                            (i) a provider of broadband service that is 
                        in the covered partnership receiving the grant 
                        under this section--
                                    (I) from using grant amounts 
                                provided under this section to repay, 
                                or make any other payment relating to, 
                                a loan made by any public or private 
                                lender;
                                    (II) from using grant amounts 
                                provided under this section as 
                                collateral for a loan made by any 
                                public or private lender; and
                                    (III) from using more than $75,000 
                                of grant amounts provided under this 
                                section to pay for the preparation of 
                                an application for a grant under this 
                                section; and
                            (ii) a State, or a political subdivision of 
                        the State, that is in the covered partnership 
                        receiving the grant under this section from, 
                        after accepting a grant under this section 
                        offering broadband service.
                    (C) Nondiscrimination.--The Assistant Secretary may 
                not require a provider of broadband service that is in 
                an eligible partnership to be designated as an eligible 
                telecommunications carrier pursuant to section 214(e) 
                of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 214(e)) to 
                be eligible to receive a grant under this section or as 
                a condition of receiving a grant under this section.
            (8) Build-out, notification, and accountability 
        requirement.--
                    (A) In general.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
                establish build-out, accountability, and (in accordance 
                with paragraph (8)) reporting requirements for covered 
                partnerships that receive grants under this section, 
                including, for each covered partnership that receives a 
                grant under this section, milestones for the deployment 
                of broadband service under the covered broadband 
                project funded by the grant.
                    (B) Notification to commission.--Upon establishing 
                a build-out, accountability, or reporting requirement 
                under subparagraph (A), the Assistant Secretary shall 
                transmit to the Commission a notification describing 
                such requirement.
                    (C) Penalty.--If a covered partnership fails to 
                meet a build out requirement under subparagraph (A), 
                the Assistant Secretary shall--
                            (i) recover any funds made available to the 
                        covered partnership; and
                            (ii) assess a covered partnership (to be 
                        split equally among each entity in the 
                        partnership) a fine of not less than 50 percent 
                        of the funds made available to the covered 
                        partnership.
            (9) Reporting requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--A covered partnership that 
                receives a grant under this section shall--
                            (i) semi-annually submit to the Assistant 
                        Secretary a certification that identifies the 
                        areas for which broadband service has been 
                        deployed under the covered broadband project 
                        funded by the grant, to assess compliance with 
                        broadband build-out milestones established by 
                        the Assistant Secretary under paragraph (8) for 
                        the project; and
                            (ii) provide to the Assistant Secretary 
                        complete, reliable, and precise information (in 
                        a manner consistent with how information is 
                        submitted under section 802 of the 
                        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642)) on 
                        each area receiving access to broadband service 
                        through the covered broadband project funded by 
                        the grant, not later than 90 days after--
                                    (I) the date of completion of each 
                                milestone established by the Assistant 
                                Secretary under paragraph (7) for the 
                                covered broadband project; and
                                    (II) the date of completion of the 
                                covered broadband project.
                    (B) Publication of semi-annual certification.--The 
                Assistant Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
                Register each certification submitted under 
                subparagraph (A)(i), except that the Assistant 
                Secretary shall not publish any information in such 
                certification that the Assistant Secretary determines 
                to be confidential.
                    (C) Sharing of information.--Not later than 30 days 
                after receiving information under subparagraph (A)(ii), 
                the Assistant Secretary shall provide such information 
                to the Commission.
            (10) Technical assistance.--
                    (A) In general.--The Assistant Secretary may, at 
                the request of a covered partnership applying for a 
                grant under this section, provide technical assistance 
                and training to such partnership with respect to the 
                application process and the application to be submitted 
                by the partnership.
                    (B) Funding.--Not more than $1,000,000 of the 
                amount made available to carry out this section may be 
                used for technical assistance and training under 
                subparagraph (A).
                    (C) Coordination.--When providing technical 
                assistance to a covered partnership, the Assistant 
                Secretary shall coordinate with any official of the 
                State in which the political subdivision or political 
                subdivisions in the covered partnership are located 
                that is responsible for the expansion of broadband 
                service in the State.
            (11) Relation to other federal and state broadband 
        programs.--
                    (A) Universal service fund.--Not later than 5 
                business days after the Commission receives a request 
                from the Assistant Secretary for any information the 
                Assistant Secretary determines necessary to ensure that 
                any grant made under this section complements and is 
                not duplicative of high-cost universal service support 
                provided under section 254 of the Communications Act of 
                1934 (47 U.S.C. 254), for an area that includes any 
                portion or all of the area to be served by the covered 
                broadband project with respect to which the grant is 
                made, the Commission shall provide the Assistant 
                Secretary such information.
                    (B) Rural utilities service.--Not later than 5 
                business days after the Secretary of Agriculture 
                receives a request from the Assistant Secretary for any 
                information the Assistant Secretary determines 
                necessary to ensure that any grant made under this 
                section complements and is not duplicative of grants, 
                loans, or loan guarantees provided by the Secretary of 
                Agriculture under title VI of the Rural Electrification 
                Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.), including the 
                Broadband Grants, Loans, and Loan Guarantees program 
                and the Community Connect Programs, and the ReConnect 
                Pilot Program, for an area that includes any portion or 
                all of the area to be served by the covered broadband 
                project with respect to which the grant is made, the 
                Secretary of Agriculture shall provide the Assistant 
                Secretary such information.
                    (C) State broadband grant programs.--The Assistant 
                Secretary shall ensure that any grant made under this 
                section complements and is not duplicative of grants, 
                loans, loan guarantees, or other support, provided by a 
                State to a provider of broadband service in the covered 
                partnership, that establishes a legally enforceable 
                obligation for the provider to provide broadband 
                service with a download speed of at least 25 megabits 
                per second and an upload speed of at least 3 megabits 
                per second, in an area that includes any portion or all 
                of the area to be served by the covered broadband 
                project with respect to which the grant is made.
            (12) Report to congress.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
        annually submit a report to Congress on the progress of the 
        program established under this section, based on the 
        information provided by covered partnerships under paragraph 
        (8)(A)(ii), until every obligation under each grant provided 
        under this section is fulfilled.
            (13) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000,000 
        for fiscal year 2023 through fiscal year 2027, to remain 
        available through fiscal year 2027.
            (14) Challenge process.--In the Notice of Funding 
        Opportunity required to be published under subsection 
        (b)(1)(B), the Assistant Secretary shall be required to 
        establish a user-friendly challenge process through which 
        consumers, State, local, and Tribal governmental entities, and 
        other entities or individuals may submit information to the 
        Assistant Secretary to challenge whether--
                    (A) with respect to an area, such area is an 
                eligible service area;
                    (B) with respect to an area, an entity already 
                provides such service in the area; or,
                    (C) with respect to an area, an entity already has 
                a legally enforceable obligation to provide broadband 
                service in the area at 25 megabits per second upload 
                speed and 3 megabits per second download speed.
            (15) Limitation on state or political subdivision.--
                    (A) Any entity in a covered partnership that is a 
                State or political subdivision of a State may not 
                prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the entity 
                in a covered partnership that is a provider of fixed 
                broadband service that is not owned (in whole or in 
                part) or controlled by the State or any political 
                subdivision of the State from entering into a covered 
                partnership on the basis of requiring any obligation, 
                requirement, duty, or regulation that is inconsistent 
                with, or exceeds in a material way, any grant condition 
                required by the Assistant Secretary.
                    (B) In the case of a covered partnership that 
                receives a grant under this section, the entity in the 
                partnership that is a State or political subdivision of 
                a State may not impose any obligation, requirement, 
                duty, or regulation that is inconsistent with, or 
                exceeds in a material way, any grant condition required 
                by the Assistant Secretary.
            (16) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
        construed to permit an entity in a covered partnership that is 
        a State or a political subdivision of a State to own or operate 
        any facility used to provide broadband service at the 
        conclusion of the covered partnership.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
        and Information.
            (2) Broadband service.--The term ``broadband service'' has 
        the meaning given the term broadband internet access service in 
        section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
        successor regulation).
            (3) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (4) Covered broadband project.--The term ``covered 
        broadband project'' means a competitively and technologically 
        neutral project for the deployment of fixed broadband service 
        that provides in a eligible service areas broadband service 
        with a download speed of at least 25 megabits per second, an 
        upload speed of at least 3 megabits per second, and a latency 
        sufficient to support real-time applications.
            (5) Covered partnership.--The term ``covered partnership'' 
        means--
                    (A) a partnership between--
                            (i) a State, if such State does not offer 
                        broadband service;
                            (ii) one or more political subdivisions of 
                        the State, if such political subdivision or 
                        such political subdivisions (as the case may 
                        be) do not offer broadband service; and
                            (iii) a provider of fixed broadband service 
                        that is not owned (in whole or in part) or 
                        controlled by the State or any political 
                        subdivision of the State; or
                    (B) a partnership between--
                            (i) one or more political subdivisions of a 
                        State, provided such political subdivision or 
                        political subdivisions (as the case may be) 
                        does not offer broadband service; and
                            (ii) a provider of fixed broadband service 
                        that is not owned (in whole or in part) or 
                        controlled by the State or any political 
                        subdivision of the State.
            (6) Eligible service area.--The term ``eligible service 
        area'' means a household or business location in which 
        broadband service at 25 megabits per second upload and 3 
        megabits per second download speed is not available, as 
        determined by the Assistant Secretary solely on the basis of 
        the maps created under section 802(c)(1) of the Communications 
        Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(c)(1)), except for those areas that 
        are awarded funding in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase 
        II Auction (FCC 20-5) or a High Cost Program.
            (7) High cost program.--The term ``high cost program'' 
        means any of the following--
                    (A) any grant, loan, or loan guarantee provided by 
                a State to the provider of broadband service for the 
                deployment of broadband service in the proposed service 
                area;
                    (B) any grant, loan, or loan guarantee with respect 
                to the proposed service area provided by the Secretary 
                of Agriculture under title VI of the Rural 
                Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.), 
                including the Broadband Grants, Loans, and Loan 
                Guarantees program, the Community Connect Programs, and 
                the ReConnect Pilot Program;
                    (C) any high-cost universal service support 
                provided under section 254 of the Communications Act of 
                1934 (47 U.S.C. 254);
                    (D) any grant provided under section 6001 of the 
                American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (47 
                U.S.C. 1305);
                    (E) the Education Stabilization Fund under title 
                VIII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
                136); or
                    (F) any grant, loan, or loan guarantee provided by 
                the Federal Government for the provision of broadband 
                service.
            (8) Personal wireless services.--The term ``personal 
        wireless services''--
                    (A) has the meaning given such term in section 332 
                of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332); and
                    (B) includes commercial mobile data service (as 
                defined in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief 
                and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401)).
            (9) Political subdivision.--The term ``political 
        subdivision'' includes a city, county, wireless authority, or 
        planning district commission.
            (10) State.--The term ``State'' means the 50 States, the 
        District of Columbia, the territories and possessions of the 
        United States, and federally recognized Indian Tribes.
            (11) Telecommunications service.--The term 
        ``telecommunications service'' has the meaning given the term 
        in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).

SEC. 102. MOBILE BROADBAND EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Notification of Creation of Broadband Maps; Data Sharing.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 3 business days after 
        creating the maps required under section 802(c)(1) of the 
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(c)(1)), the 
        Commission shall notify the Assistant Secretary that such maps 
        have been created.
            (2) Data sharing.--Not less frequently than annually, the 
        Commission shall, through the process established under section 
        802(b)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        642(b)(7)), provide the Assistant Secretary any data collected 
        by the Commission pursuant to title VIII of such Act.
    (b) Mobile Broadband Grant Program.--
            (1) Establishment of grant program; notice of funding 
        opportunity.--The Assistant Secretary shall, not later than 1 
        year after the Assistant Secretary is notified as described in 
        subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) establish a program to make grants on a 
                competitive basis, from amounts made available to carry 
                out this section, to covered partnerships for covered 
                mobile broadband service projects; and
                    (B) publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity in the 
                Federal Register that includes information about such 
                program, including any requirement established by this 
                section.
            (2) Limitation; coordination.--
                    (A) The Assistant Secretary may not make a grant 
                under this section before the date that is 1 year after 
                the date on which the Assistant Secretary is notified 
                as described in subsection (a)(1).
                    (B) In making a grant award under paragraph (1), 
                the Assistant Secretary shall coordinate with the 
                Chairman of the Commission in order to avoid 
                overbuilding in areas where funds are made available 
                through the 5G Fund Report and Order (FCC 20-150) 
                adopted by the Commission on October 27, 2020.
            (3) Eligibility requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under 
                this section, a covered partnership shall submit an 
                application at such time, in such manner, and 
                containing such information as the Assistant Secretary 
                may require, but the application shall, at a minimum, 
                include a description of--
                            (i) the covered partnership submitting the 
                        application under this paragraph;
                            (ii) the covered mobile broadband service 
                        project to be funded by the grant, including 
                        the speed or speeds at which the covered 
                        partnership plans to offer mobile broadband 
                        service under the project;
                            (iii) the cost of the covered mobile 
                        broadband service project to be funded by the 
                        grant, including--
                                    (I) a description of how the 
                                required construction will be funded;
                                    (II) all estimated project costs 
                                for all facilities that are required to 
                                complete the project, including the 
                                costs of upgrading, replacing, or 
                                otherwise modifying the existing 
                                facilities to expand coverage or meet 
                                performance requirements;
                                    (III) a description of how grant 
                                funds will be used in combination with 
                                other funds to support the mobile 
                                broadband service project;
                                    (IV) in the case of a mobile 
                                broadband service project that will be 
                                partially supported by loans, financial 
                                projections demonstrating that the 
                                covered partnership can cover the 
                                necessary debt service payments over 
                                the life of any loan; and
                                    (V) financial projects 
                                demonstrating that the covered 
                                partnership will remain financially 
                                stable at the conclusion of the grant 
                                award;
                            (iv) the area to be served by the covered 
                        mobile broadband service project (in this 
                        subsection referred to as the ``proposed 
                        service area'');
                            (v) how the State, political subdivision, 
                        or political subdivisions in the covered 
                        partnership chose which provider of mobile 
                        broadband service to enter into a partnership 
                        with for the purposes of applying for a grant 
                        under this section; and
                            (vi) any support (other than support for a 
                        wireline service) that the provider of mobile 
                        broadband service that is in the covered 
                        partnership has received through--
                                    (I) any grant, loan, or loan 
                                guarantee provided by a State to the 
                                provider of mobile broadband service 
                                for the deployment of mobile broadband 
                                service in the proposed service area;
                                    (II) any high-cost universal 
                                service support provided under section 
                                254 of the Communications Act of 1934 
                                (47 U.S.C. 254);
                                    (III) any grant provided under 
                                section 6001 of the American Recovery 
                                and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (47 U.S.C. 
                                1305);
                                    (IV) the Education Stabilization 
                                Fund under title VIII of division B of 
                                the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136);
                                    (V) any other grant, loan, or loan 
                                guarantee provided by the Federal 
                                Government for the provision of 
                                broadband service; or
                                    (VI) any legally enforceable mobile 
                                broadband deployment obligations to 
                                which the provider of mobile broadband 
                                service is subject in the eligible 
                                service area.
                    (B) Requirement to streamline permitting process.--
                            (i) In general.--In order for a covered 
                        partnership to be eligible for a grant under 
                        this section each covered entity may only 
                        charge a fee to consider an application for the 
                        placement, construction, or modification of a 
                        facility for the provision of broadband 
                        service, personal wireless services, or 
                        telecommunications service in the proposed 
                        service area or an application to use a right-
                        of-way or a facility in a right-of-way owned or 
                        managed by that entity for the placement, 
                        construction, or modification of a facility for 
                        the provision of any such service in the 
                        proposed service area, if the fee for 
                        considering such application is--
                                    (I) nondiscriminatory;
                                    (II) publicly disclosed; and
                                    (III) based on actual and direct 
                                costs, such as costs for the review and 
                                processing of such applications.
                            (ii) Covered entity defined.--In this 
                        subparagraph, the term ``covered entity'' 
                        means--
                                    (I) an entity in the partnership 
                                that is a State or political 
                                subdivision of a State; and
                                    (II) a political subdivision in 
                                which all or part of the proposed 
                                service area is located.
            (4) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
        Assistant Secretary shall give priority to applications for 
        covered mobile broadband service projects as follows (in 
        decreasing order of priority):
                    (A) Covered mobile broadband service projects 
                designed to provide mobile broadband service to an 
                eligible service in which the greatest number of 
                households in the eligible service area do not have 
                fixed broadband service with a download speed of 25 
                megabits per second and an upload speed of 3 megabits 
                per second, as determined by the Assistant Secretary on 
                the basis of the maps required under section 802(c)(1) 
                of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
                642(c)(1)).
                    (B) Covered mobile broadband service projects 
                designed to provide mobile broadband service in an 
                eligible service area that is wholly within any area 
                other than--
                            (i) a county, city, or town that has a 
                        population of greater than 50,000 inhabitants; 
                        and
                            (ii) the urbanized area contiguous and 
                        adjacent to such a city or town.
                    (C) Covered mobile broadband service projects that 
                are most cost-effective.
                    (D) Covered mobile broadband service projects that 
                are most rural.
                    (E) Covered mobile broadband service projects 
                designed to provide 5th Generation long-term evolution 
                or future generation of service that meets the 
                standards set forth in Release 15, or any successor 
                release, of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project.
                    (F) Any other covered mobile broadband service 
                project that meets the requirements of this section.
            (5) Federal contribution.--The amount of any grant provided 
        to a covered partnership under this section may not exceed 75 
        percent of the total cost of the covered mobile broadband 
        service project.
            (6) Grant conditions.--
                    (A) Requirements.--As a condition of receiving a 
                grant under this section for a covered mobile broadband 
                service project, a covered partnership shall provide 
                mobile broadband service under the project using the 
                facilities of the provider of mobile broadband service 
                in the covered partnership and not exclusively through 
                the resale of the service of another provider of 
                personal wireless services.
                    (B) Prohibitions.--As a condition of receiving a 
                grant under this section, the Assistant Secretary shall 
                prohibit--
                            (i) a provider of mobile broadband service 
                        that is in the covered partnership receiving 
                        the grant under this section--
                                    (I) from using grant amounts 
                                provided under this section to repay, 
                                or make any other payment relating to, 
                                a loan made by any public or private 
                                lender;
                                    (II) from using grant amounts 
                                provided under this section as 
                                collateral for a loan made by any 
                                public or private lender; and
                                    (III) from using more than $75,000 
                                of grant amounts provided under this 
                                section to pay for the preparation of 
                                an application for a grant under this 
                                section; and
                            (ii) a State, or a political subdivision of 
                        a State, that is in the covered partnership 
                        receiving the grant under this section, after 
                        accepting a grant under this section from 
                        offering mobile broadband service.
                    (C) Nondiscrimination.--The Assistant Secretary may 
                not require a provider of mobile broadband service that 
                is in an eligible partnership to be designated as an 
                eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to section 
                214(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
                214(e)) for the covered partnership to be eligible to 
                receive a grant under this section or as a condition of 
                the covered partnership receiving a grant under this 
                section.
                    (D) Collocation.--A covered entity (as defined in 
                paragraph (3)(B)(ii)) may not prohibit or have the 
                effect of prohibiting the collocation of personal 
                wireless service facilities at any site at which the 
                covered partnership has deployed a personal wireless 
                service facility in connection with a grant made 
                available in this section.
            (7) Build-out, notification, and accountability 
        requirement.--
                    (A) In general.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
                establish build-out, accountability, and (in accordance 
                with paragraph (8)) reporting requirements for covered 
                partnerships that receive grants under this section, 
                including, for each covered partnership that receives a 
                grant under this section, milestones for the deployment 
                of mobile broadband service under the covered mobile 
                broadband service project funded by the grant.
                    (B) Notification to commission.--Upon establishing 
                a build-out, accountability, or reporting requirement 
                under subparagraph (A), the Assistant Secretary shall 
                transmit to the Commission a notification describing 
                such requirement.
                    (C) Penalty.--If a covered partnership fails to 
                meet a build out requirement under subparagraph (A), 
                the Assistant Secretary shall--
                            (i) recover any funds made available to the 
                        covered partnership; and
                            (ii) assess a covered partnership (to be 
                        split equally among each entity in the 
                        partnership) a fine of not less than 50 percent 
                        of the funds made available to the covered 
                        partnership.
            (8) Reporting requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--A covered partnership that 
                receives a grant under this section shall--
                            (i) semi-annually submit to the Assistant 
                        Secretary a certification that identifies the 
                        areas for which mobile broadband service have 
                        been deployed under the covered mobile 
                        broadband service project funded by the grant, 
                        to assess compliance with mobile broadband 
                        service build-out milestones established by the 
                        Assistant Secretary under paragraph (7) for the 
                        project; and
                            (ii) provide to the Assistant Secretary 
                        complete, reliable, and precise information (in 
                        a manner consistent with how information is 
                        submitted under section 802 of the 
                        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642)) on 
                        each area receiving access to mobile broadband 
                        service through the covered mobile broadband 
                        service project funded by the grant, not later 
                        than 90 days after--
                                    (I) the date of completion of each 
                                milestone established by the Assistant 
                                Secretary under paragraph (6) for the 
                                covered mobile broadband service 
                                project; and
                                    (II) the date of completion of the 
                                covered mobile broadband service 
                                project.
                    (B) Publication of semi-annual certification.--The 
                Assistant Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
                Register each certification submitted under 
                subparagraph (A)(i), except that the Assistant 
                Secretary shall not publish any information in such 
                certification that the Assistant Secretary determines 
                to be confidential.
                    (C) Sharing of information.--Not later than 30 days 
                after receiving information under subparagraph (A)(ii), 
                the Assistant Secretary shall provide such information 
                to the Commission.
            (9) Technical assistance.--
                    (A) In general.--The Assistant Secretary may, at 
                the request of a covered partnership applying for a 
                grant under this section, provide technical assistance 
                and training to such partnership with respect to the 
                application process and the application to be submitted 
                by the partnership.
                    (B) Funding.--Not more than $1,000,000 of the 
                amount made available to carry out this section may be 
                used for technical assistance and training under 
                subparagraph (A).
                    (C) Coordination.--When providing technical 
                assistance to a covered partnership, the Assistant 
                Secretary shall coordinate with any official of the 
                State in which the political subdivision or political 
                subdivisions in the covered partnership are located 
                that is responsible for the expansion of personal 
                wireless services in the State.
            (10) Relation to other federal and state broadband 
        programs.--
                    (A) Universal service fund.--Not later than 5 
                business days after the Commission receives a request 
                from the Assistant Secretary for any information the 
                Assistant Secretary determines necessary to ensure that 
                any grant made under this section complements and is 
                not duplicative of high-cost universal service support 
                provided under section 254 of the Communications Act of 
                1934 (47 U.S.C. 254), for an area that includes any 
                portion or all of the area to be served by the covered 
                mobile broadband service project with respect to which 
                the grant is made, the Commission shall provide the 
                Assistant Secretary such information.
                    (B) State broadband grant programs.--The Assistant 
                Secretary shall ensure that any grant made under this 
                section complements and is not duplicative of grants, 
                loans, loan guarantees, or other support, provided by a 
                State to a provider of mobile broadband service in the 
                covered partnership, that establishes a legally 
                enforceable obligation for the provider to provide 
                broadband service with a download speed of at least 25 
                megabits per second and an upload speed of at least 3 
                megabits per second, in an area that includes any 
                portion or all of the area to be served by the covered 
                mobile broadband service project with respect to which 
                the grant is made.
            (11) Challenge process.--In the Notice of Funding 
        Opportunity required to be published under subsection 
        (b)(1)(B), the Assistant Secretary shall be required to 
        establish a user-friendly challenge process through which 
        consumers, State, local, and Tribal governmental entities, and 
        other entities or individuals may submit information to the 
        Assistant Secretary to challenge whether--
                    (A) with respect to an area, such area is an 
                eligible service area;
                    (B) with respect to an area, an entity already 
                provides such service in the area; or
                    (C) with respect to an area, an entity already has 
                a legally enforceable obligation to provide mobile 
                broadband service in the area.
            (12) Limitation on state or political subdivision.--
                    (A) Any entity in a covered partnership that is a 
                State or political subdivision of a State may not 
                prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the entity 
                in a covered partnership that is a provider of mobile 
                broadband service that is not owned (in whole or in 
                part) or controlled by the State or any political 
                subdivision of the State from entering into a covered 
                partnership on the basis of requiring any obligation, 
                requirement, duty, or regulation that is inconsistent 
                with, or exceeds in a material way, any grant condition 
                required by the Assistant Secretary.
                    (B) In the case of a covered partnership that 
                receives a grant under this section, the entity in the 
                partnership that is a State or political subdivision of 
                a State may not impose any obligation, requirement, 
                duty, or regulation that is inconsistent with, or 
                exceeds in a material way, any grant condition required 
                by the Assistant Secretary.
            (13) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
        construed to permit an entity in a covered partnership that is 
        a State or a unit of local government to own or operate any 
        facility used to provide mobile broadband service at the 
        conclusion of the covered partnership.
            (14) Report to congress.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
        annually submit a report to Congress on the progress of the 
        program established under this section, based on the 
        information provided by covered partnerships under paragraph 
        (8)(A)(ii), until every obligation under each grant provided 
        under this section is fulfilled.
            (15) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 2023 through fiscal year 2027, to remain available 
        through fiscal year 2027.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
        and Information.
            (2) Broadband service.--The term ``broadband service'' has 
        the meaning given the term broadband internet access service in 
        section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
        successor regulation).
            (3) Cell edge probability; cell loading.--The terms ``cell 
        edge probability'' and ``cell loading'' have the meaning given 
        those terms in section 801 of the Communications Act of 1934 
        (47 U.S.C. 641).
            (4) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (5) Covered mobile broadband service project.--The term 
        ``covered mobile broadband service project'' means a 
        competitively and technologically neutral project for the 
        deployment of mobile broadband service in an eligible service 
        area.
            (6) Covered partnership.--The term ``covered partnership'' 
        means--
                    (A) a partnership between--
                            (i) a State, if such State does not offer 
                        personal wireless services;
                            (ii) one or more political subdivisions of 
                        the State, if such political subdivision or 
                        such political subdivisions (as the case may 
                        be) do not offer mobile broadband service; and
                            (iii) a provider of mobile broadband 
                        service that is not owned (in whole or in part) 
                        or controlled by the State or any political 
                        subdivision of the State; or
                    (B) a partnership between--
                            (i) one or more political subdivisions of a 
                        State, provided such political subdivision or 
                        political subdivisions (as the case may be) 
                        does not offer mobile broadband service; and
                            (ii) a provider of mobile broadband service 
                        that is not owned (in whole or in part) or 
                        controlled by the State or any political 
                        subdivision of the State.
            (7) Eligible service area.--The term ``eligible service 
        area'' means an area not smaller than a census block in which 
        mobile broadband service is not available, as determined by the 
        Assistant Secretary solely on the basis of the maps created 
        under section 802(c)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
        U.S.C. 642(c)(1)), except such areas that are eligible for 
        support or are awarded support under the 5G Fund Report and 
        Order (FCC 20-150) adopted by the Commission on October 27, 
        2020.
            (8) Mobile broadband service.--The term ``mobile broadband 
        service'' means 4th Generation long-term evolution service, 5th 
        Generation long-term evolution service, or future generation of 
        service that meets the standards set forth in Release 10, or 
        any successor release, of the 3rd Generation Partnership 
        Project.
            (9) Personal wireless services.--The term ``personal 
        wireless services''--
                    (A) has the meaning given such term in section 332 
                of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332); and
                    (B) includes commercial mobile data service (as 
                defined in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief 
                and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401)).
            (10) Personal wireless service facility.--The term 
        ``personal wireless service facility'' means a facility for the 
        provision of personal wireless service.
            (11) Political subdivision.--The term ``political 
        subdivision'' includes a city, county, wireless authority, or 
        planning district commission.
            (12) State.--The term ``State'' means the 50 States, the 
        District of Columbia, the territories and possessions of the 
        United States, and federally recognized Indian Tribes.
            (13) Telecommunications service.--The term 
        ``telecommunications service'' has the meaning given the term 
        in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).

               TITLE II--BOOSTING BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

SEC. 201. WIRELESS LEADERSHIP.

    Section 332(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)) 
is amended by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
            ``(7) Preservation of local zoning authority.--
                    ``(A) General authority.--Except as provided in 
                this paragraph, nothing in this Act shall limit or 
                affect the authority of a State or local government or 
                instrumentality thereof over decisions regarding the 
                placement, construction, and modification of personal 
                wireless service facilities.
                    ``(B) Limitations.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The regulation of the 
                        placement, construction, or modification of a 
                        personal wireless service facility by any State 
                        or local government or instrumentality 
                        thereof--
                                    ``(I) shall not unreasonably 
                                discriminate among providers of the 
                                same service, including by providing 
                                exclusive or preferential use of 
                                facilities to a particular provider or 
                                class of providers of personal wireless 
                                service; and
                                    ``(II) shall not prohibit or have 
                                the effect of prohibiting the provision 
                                or enhancement of personal wireless 
                                service.
                            ``(ii) Engineering standards; aesthetic 
                        requirements.--It is not a violation of clause 
                        (i) for a State or local government or 
                        instrumentality thereof to establish for small 
                        personal wireless service facilities objective, 
                        reasonable, and nondiscriminatory--
                                    ``(I) structural engineering 
                                standards based on generally applicable 
                                codes;
                                    ``(II) safety requirements; or
                                    ``(III) aesthetic or concealment 
                                requirements.
                            ``(iii) Timeframes.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--A State or local 
                                government or instrumentality thereof 
                                shall grant or deny a complete request 
                                for authorization to place, construct, 
                                or modify a personal wireless service 
                                facility not later than--
                                            ``(aa) in the case of a 
                                        personal wireless service 
                                        facility that is not a small 
                                        personal wireless service 
                                        facility--

                                                    ``(AA) if the 
                                                request is for 
                                                authorization to place, 
                                                construct, or modify 
                                                such facility on an 
                                                eligible support 
                                                structure, including in 
                                                an area that has not 
                                                previously been zoned 
                                                for personal wireless 
                                                service facilities 
                                                (other than small 
                                                personal wireless 
                                                service facilities), 90 
                                                days after the date on 
                                                which the complete 
                                                request is received by 
                                                the government or 
                                                instrumentality; or

                                                    ``(BB) if the 
                                                request is for any 
                                                other action relating 
                                                to such facility, 150 
                                                days after the date on 
                                                which the complete 
                                                request is received by 
                                                the government or 
                                                instrumentality; and

                                            ``(bb) in the case of a 
                                        small personal wireless service 
                                        facility--

                                                    ``(AA) if the 
                                                request is for 
                                                authorization to place, 
                                                construct, or modify 
                                                such facility on an 
                                                eligible support 
                                                structure, including in 
                                                an area that has not 
                                                previously been zoned 
                                                for personal wireless 
                                                service facilities, 60 
                                                days after the date on 
                                                which the complete 
                                                request is received by 
                                                the government or 
                                                instrumentality; or

                                                    ``(BB) if the 
                                                request is for any 
                                                other action relating 
                                                to such facility, 90 
                                                days after the date on 
                                                which the complete 
                                                request is received by 
                                                the government or 
                                                instrumentality.

                                    ``(II) Treatment of batched 
                                requests.--In the case of complete 
                                requests described in subclause (I) 
                                that are submitted as part of a single 
                                batch and received by the government or 
                                instrumentality on the same day, the 
                                applicable timeframe under such 
                                subclause for each request in the batch 
                                shall be the longest timeframe under 
                                such subclause that would be applicable 
                                to any request in the batch if such 
                                requests were submitted separately.
                                    ``(III) Applicability.--The 
                                applicable timeframe under subclause 
                                (I) shall apply collectively to all 
                                proceedings required by a State or 
                                local government or instrumentality 
                                thereof for the approval of the 
                                request.
                                    ``(IV) No tolling.--A timeframe 
                                under subclause (I) may not be tolled 
                                by any moratorium, whether express or 
                                de facto, imposed by a State or local 
                                government or instrumentality thereof 
                                on the consideration of any request for 
                                authorization to place, construct, or 
                                modify a personal wireless service 
                                facility.
                                    ``(V) Temporary waiver.--The 
                                Commission may temporarily waive the 
                                applicability of subclause (I) for not 
                                longer than a single 30-day period for 
                                any complete request upon a 
                                demonstration by a State or local 
                                government or instrumentality thereof 
                                that the waiver would be consistent 
                                with the public interest, convenience, 
                                and necessity.
                            ``(iv) Deemed granted.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--If a State or 
                                local government or instrumentality 
                                thereof has neither granted nor denied 
                                a complete request within the 
                                applicable timeframe under subclause 
                                (I) of clause (iii), including any 
                                temporary waiver granted under 
                                subclause (V) of such clause, the 
                                request shall be deemed granted on the 
                                date on which the government or 
                                instrumentality receives a written 
                                notice of the failure from the 
                                requesting party.
                                    ``(II) Rule of construction.--In 
                                the case of a request that is deemed 
                                granted under subclause (I), the 
                                placement, construction, or 
                                modification requested in the request 
                                shall be considered to be authorized, 
                                without any further action by the 
                                government or instrumentality, 
                                beginning on the date on which the 
                                request is deemed granted under such 
                                subclause.
                            ``(v) Written decision and record.--Any 
                        decision by a State or local government or 
                        instrumentality thereof to deny a request for 
                        authorization to place, construct, or modify a 
                        personal wireless service facility shall be--
                                    ``(I) in writing; and
                                    ``(II) supported by substantial 
                                evidence contained in a written record.
                            ``(vi) Environmental effects of radio 
                        frequency emissions.--No State or local 
                        government or instrumentality thereof may 
                        regulate the placement, construction, or 
                        modification of personal wireless service 
                        facilities on the basis of the environmental 
                        effects of radio frequency emissions to the 
                        extent that such facilities comply with the 
                        Commission's regulations concerning such 
                        emissions.
                            ``(vii) Fees.--Notwithstanding any other 
                        provision of law, a State or local government 
                        or instrumentality thereof may charge a fee to 
                        consider a request for authorization to place, 
                        construct, or modify a personal wireless 
                        service facility, or a fee for use of a right-
                        of-way or a facility in a right-of-way owned or 
                        managed by the government or instrumentality 
                        for the placement, construction, or 
                        modification of a personal wireless service 
                        facility, if the fee is--
                                    ``(I) competitively neutral, 
                                technology neutral, and 
                                nondiscriminatory;
                                    ``(II) publicly disclosed;
                                    ``(III) calculated--
                                            ``(aa) based on actual and 
                                        direct costs, such as costs 
                                        for--

                                                    ``(AA) review and 
                                                processing of requests; 
                                                and

                                                    ``(BB) repairs and 
                                                replacement of 
                                                components and 
                                                materials resulting 
                                                from and affected by 
                                                the installation or 
                                                improvement of personal 
                                                wireless service 
                                                facilities, or repairs 
                                                and replacement of 
                                                equipment that 
                                                facilitates the 
                                                installation or 
                                                improvement of such 
                                                facilities; and

                                            ``(bb) using, for purposes 
                                        of item (aa), only costs that 
                                        are objectively reasonable; and
                                    ``(IV) described to a requesting 
                                party in a manner that distinguishes 
                                between--
                                            ``(aa) nonrecurring fees 
                                        and recurring fees; and
                                            ``(bb) the use of 
                                        facilities on which personal 
                                        wireless service facilities are 
                                        already located and those on 
                                        which there are no personal 
                                        wireless service facilities as 
                                        of the date on which the 
                                        complete request is received by 
                                        the government or 
                                        instrumentality.
                    ``(C) Judicial and administrative review.--
                            ``(i) Judicial review.--Any person 
                        adversely affected by any final action or 
                        failure to act by a State or local government 
                        or any instrumentality thereof that is 
                        inconsistent with this paragraph may, within 30 
                        days after the action or failure to act, 
                        commence an action in any court of competent 
                        jurisdiction, which shall hear and decide the 
                        action on an expedited basis.
                            ``(ii) Administrative review.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Any person 
                                adversely affected by any final action 
                                or failure to act by a State or local 
                                government or any instrumentality 
                                thereof that is inconsistent with this 
                                paragraph may petition the Commission 
                                to order the government or 
                                instrumentality to reconsider the 
                                action or failure to act.
                                    ``(II) Public notice and comment; 
                                timing.--Not later than 60 days after 
                                receiving a petition under subclause 
                                (I), the Commission shall--
                                            ``(aa) provide public 
                                        notice of, and an opportunity 
                                        for public comment on, such 
                                        petition; and
                                            ``(bb) grant or deny such 
                                        petition.
                    ``(D) When request considered complete; received.--
                            ``(i) When request considered complete.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--For the purposes 
                                of this paragraph, a request to a State 
                                or local government or instrumentality 
                                thereof shall be considered complete if 
                                the requesting party has not received a 
                                written notice from the government or 
                                instrumentality within 10 business days 
                                after the date on which the request is 
                                received by the government or 
                                instrumentality--
                                            ``(aa) stating that all the 
                                        information (including any form 
                                        or other document) required by 
                                        the government or 
                                        instrumentality to be submitted 
                                        for the request to be 
                                        considered complete has not 
                                        been submitted; and
                                            ``(bb) identifying the 
                                        information required to be 
                                        submitted that was not 
                                        submitted.
                                    ``(II) Definition.--In this clause, 
                                the term `received by the government or 
                                instrumentality' means--
                                            ``(aa) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted 
                                        electronically, on the date on 
                                        which the request is 
                                        transmitted;
                                            ``(bb) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted in person, on 
                                        the date on which the request 
                                        is delivered to the individual 
                                        or at the location specified by 
                                        the government or 
                                        instrumentality for in-person 
                                        submission; and
                                            ``(cc) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted in any other 
                                        manner, on the date determined 
                                        under regulations promulgated 
                                        by the Commission for the 
                                        manner in which the request is 
                                        submitted.
                            ``(ii) When complete request considered 
                        received.--For the purposes of this paragraph, 
                        a complete request shall be considered received 
                        on the date on which the requesting party 
                        submits to the government or instrumentality 
                        all information (including any form or other 
                        document) required by the government or 
                        instrumentality to be submitted for the request 
                        to be considered complete.
                    ``(E) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
                            ``(i) Antenna.--The term `antenna' means an 
                        apparatus designed for the purpose of emitting 
                        radiofrequency radiation, to be operated or 
                        operating from a fixed location for the 
                        transmission of writing, signs, signals, data, 
                        images, pictures, and sounds of all kinds.
                            ``(ii) Communications network.--The term 
                        `communications network' means a network used 
                        to provide a communications service.
                            ``(iii) Communications service.--The term 
                        `communications service' means--
                                    ``(I) cable service, as defined in 
                                section 602;
                                    ``(II) information service;
                                    ``(III) telecommunications service; 
                                and
                                    ``(IV) personal wireless service.
                            ``(iv) Eligible support structure.--The 
                        term `eligible support structure' means a 
                        tower, base station, or other structure that 
                        supports a personal wireless service facility 
                        at the time when a complete request to a State 
                        or local government or instrumentality thereof 
                        for authorization to place, construct, or 
                        modify a personal wireless service facility on 
                        the structure is received by the government or 
                        instrumentality.
                            ``(v) Generally applicable code.--The term 
                        `generally applicable code' means a uniform 
                        building, fire, electrical, plumbing, or 
                        mechanical code adopted by a national code 
                        organization, or a local amendment to such a 
                        code, to the extent not inconsistent with this 
                        Act.
                            ``(vi) Network interface device.--The term 
                        `network interface device' means a 
                        telecommunications demarcation device and 
                        cross-connect point that--
                                    ``(I) is adjacent or proximate to--
                                            ``(aa) a small personal 
                                        wireless service facility; or
                                            ``(bb) a structure 
                                        supporting a small personal 
                                        wireless service facility; and
                                    ``(II) demarcates the boundary with 
                                any wireline backhaul facility.
                            ``(vii) Personal wireless service.--The 
                        term `personal wireless service' means--
                                    ``(I) commercial mobile service;
                                    ``(II) commercial mobile data 
                                service (as defined in section 6001 of 
                                the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 
                                Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401));
                                    ``(III) unlicensed wireless 
                                service; and
                                    ``(IV) common carrier wireless 
                                exchange access service.
                            ``(viii) Personal wireless service 
                        facility.--The term `personal wireless service 
                        facility' means a facility for the provision of 
                        personal wireless service.
                            ``(ix) Small personal wireless service 
                        facility.--The term `small personal wireless 
                        service facility'--
                                    ``(I) means a personal wireless 
                                service facility in which each antenna 
                                is not more than 3 cubic feet in 
                                volume; and
                                    ``(II) does not include a wireline 
                                backhaul facility.
                            ``(x) Unlicensed wireless service.--The 
                        term `unlicensed wireless service'--
                                    ``(I) means the offering of 
                                telecommunications service using a duly 
                                authorized device that does not require 
                                an individual license; and
                                    ``(II) does not include the 
                                provision of direct-to-home satellite 
                                services, as defined in section 303(v).
                            ``(xi) Wireline backhaul facility.--The 
                        term `wireline backhaul facility' means an 
                        above-ground or underground wireline facility 
                        used to transport communications service or 
                        other electronic communications from a small 
                        personal wireless service facility or the 
                        adjacent network interface device of such 
                        facility to a communications network.''.

SEC. 202. BROADBAND LEADERSHIP.

    Section 253 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 253) is 
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 253. REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO ENTRY.

    ``(a) In General.--No State or local statute or regulation, or 
other State or local legal requirement, may prohibit or have the effect 
of prohibiting the ability of any entity to provide or enhance any 
interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.
    ``(b) Placement, Construction, or Modification of 
Telecommunications Service Facilities.--
            ``(1) Prohibition on unreasonable discrimination among 
        providers of functionally equivalent services.--The regulation 
        of the placement, construction, or modification of a 
        telecommunications service facility by any State or local 
        government or instrumentality thereof shall not unreasonably 
        discriminate among providers of functionally equivalent 
        services.
            ``(2) Timeframe to grant or deny requests.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A State or local government or 
                instrumentality thereof shall grant or deny a complete 
                request for authorization to place, construct, or 
                modify a telecommunications service facility not later 
                than--
                            ``(i) if the request is for authorization 
                        to place, construct, or modify such facility in 
                        or on eligible support infrastructure, 90 days 
                        after the date on which the complete request is 
                        received by the government or instrumentality; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) for any other action relating to 
                        such facility, 150 days after the date on which 
                        the complete request is received by the 
                        government or instrumentality.
                    ``(B) Applicability.--The applicable timeframe 
                under subparagraph (A) shall apply collectively to all 
                proceedings required by a State or local government or 
                instrumentality thereof for the approval of the 
                request.
                    ``(C) No tolling.--A timeframe under subparagraph 
                (A) may not be tolled by any moratorium, whether 
                express or de facto, imposed by a State or local 
                government or instrumentality thereof on the 
                consideration of any request for authorization to 
                place, construct, or modify a telecommunications 
                service facility.
                    ``(D) Temporary waiver.--The Commission may 
                temporarily waive the applicability of subparagraph (A) 
                for not longer than a single 30-day period for any 
                complete request upon a demonstration by a State or 
                local government or instrumentality thereof that the 
                waiver would be consistent with the public interest, 
                convenience, and necessity.
            ``(3) Deemed granted.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If a State or local government 
                or instrumentality thereof has neither granted nor 
                denied a complete request within the applicable 
                timeframe under paragraph (2), the request shall be 
                deemed granted on the date on which the government or 
                instrumentality receives a written notice of the 
                failure from the requesting party.
                    ``(B) Rule of construction.--In the case of a 
                request that is deemed granted under subparagraph (A), 
                the placement, construction, or modification requested 
                in such request shall be considered to be authorized, 
                without any further action by the government or 
                instrumentality, beginning on the date on which such 
                request is deemed granted under such subparagraph.
            ``(4) Written decision and record.--Any decision by a State 
        or local government or instrumentality thereof to deny a 
        request to place, construct, or modify a telecommunications 
        service facility shall be--
                    ``(A) in writing; and
                    ``(B) supported by substantial evidence contained 
                in a written record.
            ``(5) Fees.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, a State or local government or 
                instrumentality thereof may charge a fee that meets the 
                requirements under subparagraph (B)--
                            ``(i) to consider a request for 
                        authorization to place, construct, or modify a 
                        telecommunications service facility; or
                            ``(ii) for use of a right-of-way or a 
                        facility in a right-of-way owned or managed by 
                        the government or instrumentality for the 
                        placement, construction, or modification of a 
                        telecommunications service facility.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--A fee charged under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be--
                            ``(i) competitively neutral, technology 
                        neutral, and nondiscriminatory;
                            ``(ii) publicly disclosed;
                            ``(iii) calculated--
                                    ``(I) based on actual and direct 
                                costs, such as costs for--
                                            ``(aa) review and 
                                        processing of requests; and
                                            ``(bb) repairs and 
                                        replacement of--

                                                    ``(AA) components 
                                                and materials resulting 
                                                from and affected by 
                                                the installation or 
                                                improvement of 
                                                telecommunications 
                                                service facilities; or

                                                    ``(BB) equipment 
                                                that facilitates the 
                                                installation or 
                                                improvement of such 
                                                facilities; and

                                    ``(II) using, for purposes of 
                                subclause (I), only costs that are 
                                objectively reasonable; and
                            ``(iv) described to a requesting party in a 
                        manner that distinguishes between--
                                    ``(I) nonrecurring fees and 
                                recurring fees; and
                                    ``(II) the use of facilities on 
                                which telecommunications service 
                                facilities are already located and 
                                those on which there are no 
                                telecommunications service facilities 
                                as of the date on which the complete 
                                request is received by the government 
                                or instrumentality.
    ``(c) Judicial Review.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any person adversely affected by a final 
        action or failure to act by a State or local government or 
        instrumentality thereof that is inconsistent with this section 
        may, not later than 30 days after the action or failure to act, 
        commence an action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
            ``(2) Timing.--A court shall hear and decide an action 
        described in paragraph (1) on an expedited basis.
    ``(d) Preservation of State Regulatory Authority.--Nothing in this 
section shall affect the ability of a State to impose, on a 
competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis and consistent with 
section 254, requirements necessary to preserve and advance universal 
service, protect the public safety and welfare, ensure the continued 
quality of telecommunications services, and safeguard the rights of 
consumers.
    ``(e) Preservation of State and Local Government Authority.--
Nothing in this section affects the authority of a State or local 
government or instrumentality thereof to manage the public rights-of-
way or to require fair and reasonable compensation from 
telecommunications providers, on a competitively neutral and 
nondiscriminatory basis, for use of public rights-of-way on a 
competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis, if the compensation 
required meets the requirements of subsection (b)(5).
    ``(f) Preemption.--
            ``(1) In general.--If, after notice and an opportunity for 
        public comment, the Commission determines that a State or local 
        government or instrumentality thereof has permitted or imposed 
        any statute, regulation, or legal requirement that violates or 
        is inconsistent with this section, the Commission shall preempt 
        the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal 
        requirement to the extent necessary to correct such violation 
        or inconsistency.
            ``(2) Timing.--Not later than 60 days after receiving a 
        petition for preemption of the enforcement of a statute, 
        regulation, or legal requirement as described in paragraph (1), 
        the Commission shall grant or deny the petition.
    ``(g) Commercial Mobile Service Providers.--Nothing in this section 
shall affect the application of section 332(c)(3) to commercial mobile 
service providers.
    ``(h) Rural Markets.--It shall not be a violation of this section 
for a State to require a telecommunications carrier that seeks to 
provide telephone exchange service or exchange access in a service area 
served by a rural telephone company to meet the requirements in section 
214(e)(1) for designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier for 
that area before being permitted to provide such service. This 
subsection shall not apply--
            ``(1) to a service area served by a rural telephone company 
        that has obtained an exemption, suspension, or modification of 
        section 251(c)(4) that effectively prevents a competitor from 
        meeting the requirements of section 214(e)(1); and
            ``(2) to a provider of commercial mobile services.
    ``(i) When Request Considered Complete; Received.--
            ``(1) When request considered complete.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For the purposes of this 
                section, a request to a State or local government or 
                instrumentality thereof shall be considered complete if 
                the requesting party has not received a written notice 
                from the government or instrumentality within 10 
                business days after the date on which the request is 
                received by the government or instrumentality--
                            ``(i) stating that all the information 
                        (including any form or other document) required 
                        by the government or instrumentality to be 
                        submitted for the request to be considered 
                        complete has not been submitted; and
                            ``(ii) identifying the information required 
                        to be submitted that was not submitted.
                    ``(B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                `received by the government or instrumentality' means--
                            ``(i) in the case of a request submitted 
                        electronically, on the date on which the 
                        request is transmitted;
                            ``(ii) in the case of a request submitted 
                        in person, on the date on which the request is 
                        delivered to the individual or at the location 
                        specified by the government or instrumentality 
                        for in-person submission; and
                            ``(iii) in the case of a request submitted 
                        in any other manner, on the date determined 
                        under regulations promulgated by the Commission 
                        for the manner in which the request is 
                        submitted.
            ``(2) When complete request considered received.--For the 
        purposes of this section, a complete request shall be 
        considered received on the date on which the requesting party 
        submits to the government or instrumentality all information 
        (including any form or other document) required by the 
        government or instrumentality to be submitted for the request 
        to be considered complete.
    ``(j) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Eligible support infrastructure.--The term `eligible 
        support infrastructure' means infrastructure that supports or 
        houses a facility for communication by wire (or is designed to 
        and capable of supporting or housing such a facility) at the 
        time when a complete request to a State or local government or 
        instrumentality thereof for authorization to place, construct, 
        or modify a telecommunications service facility in or on the 
        infrastructure is received by the government or 
        instrumentality.
            ``(2) Telecommunications service facility.--The term 
        `telecommunications service facility' means a facility for the 
        provision of any interstate or intrastate telecommunications 
        service.''.

SEC. 203. CABLE LEADERSHIP.

    Section 621 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 541) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Timing of Decision on Request for Franchise.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
        on which a franchising authority receives a complete request 
        for the grant of a franchise (other than a renewal thereof), 
        the franchising authority shall approve or deny such request.
            ``(2) Deemed grant of new franchise.--If the franchising 
        authority does not approve or deny a request under paragraph 
        (1) by the day after the date on which the time period ends 
        under such paragraph, such request shall be deemed granted on 
        such day.
            ``(3) Applicability.--Notwithstanding any provision of this 
        title, the timeframe under paragraph (1) shall apply 
        collectively to all proceedings required by a franchising 
        authority for the approval of the request.
            ``(4) No tolling.--A timeframe under paragraph (1) may not 
        be tolled by any moratorium, whether express or de facto, 
        imposed by a franchising authority on the consideration of any 
        request for a franchise.
            ``(5) Written decision and record.--Any decision by a 
        franchising authority to deny a complete request for a 
        franchise shall be--
                    ``(A) in writing;
                    ``(B) supported by substantial evidence contained 
                in a written record; and
                    ``(C) publicly released, contemporaneously with the 
                decision.
            ``(6) When request considered complete; received.--
                    ``(A) When request considered complete.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For the purposes of this 
                        subsection, a request to a franchising 
                        authority shall be considered complete if the 
                        requesting party has not received a written 
                        notice from the franchising authority within 10 
                        business days after the date on which the 
                        request is received by the franchising 
                        authority--
                                    ``(I) stating that all the 
                                information (including any form or 
                                other document) required by the 
                                franchising authority to be submitted 
                                for the request to be considered 
                                complete has not been submitted; and
                                    ``(II) identifying the information 
                                required to be submitted that was not 
                                submitted.
                            ``(ii) Definition.--In this paragraph, the 
                        term `received by the franchising authority' 
                        means--
                                    ``(I) in the case of a request 
                                submitted electronically, on the date 
                                on which the request is transmitted;
                                    ``(II) in the case of a request 
                                submitted in person, on the date on 
                                which the request is delivered to the 
                                individual or at the location specified 
                                by franchising authority for in-person 
                                submission; and
                                    ``(III) in the case of a request 
                                submitted in any other manner, on the 
                                date determined under regulations 
                                promulgated by the Commission for the 
                                manner in which the request is 
                                submitted.
                    ``(B) When complete request considered received.--
                For the purposes of this subsection, a complete request 
                shall be considered received on the date on which the 
                requesting party submits to the franchising authority 
                all information (including any form or other document) 
                required by the franchising authority to be submitted 
                for the request to be considered complete.''.

SEC. 204. CABLE EXPANSION.

    Section 624 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 544) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Request Regarding Placement, Construction, or Modification of 
Certain Facilities.--
            ``(1) No affect on authority of franchising authority.--
        Except as provided in paragraph (2), and notwithstanding any 
        other provision of this section, nothing in this title shall 
        limit or affect the authority of a franchising authority over 
        decisions regarding the placement, construction, and 
        modification of a covered facility within the jurisdiction of 
        such franchising authority.
            ``(2) Limitations.--
                    ``(A) Ability to provide or enhance cable 
                service.--The regulation of the placement, 
                construction, or modification of a covered facility by 
                a franchising authority shall not prohibit or have the 
                effect of prohibiting the ability of a cable operator 
                to provide cable service, or enhance cable service 
                provided, under a franchise granted by such franchising 
                authority.
                    ``(B) Timing of decisions on requests for 
                authorizations to place, construct, or modify 
                facility.--
                            ``(i) Request for authorization to place, 
                        construct, or modify facility.--
                                    ``(I) Timeframe.--A franchising 
                                authority shall approve or deny a 
                                complete request for authorization to 
                                place, construct, or modify a covered 
                                facility not later than--
                                            ``(aa) if the request is 
                                        for authorization to place, 
                                        construct, or modify a covered 
                                        facility in or on an eligible 
                                        support infrastructure, 90 days 
                                        after the date on which the 
                                        franchising authority receives 
                                        the request; and
                                            ``(bb) if the request is 
                                        not for authorization to place, 
                                        construct modify a covered 
                                        facility in or on an eligible 
                                        support infrastructure, 150 
                                        days after the date on which 
                                        franchising authority receives 
                                        the request.
                                    ``(II) Applicability.--
                                Notwithstanding any provision of this 
                                title, the applicable timeframe under 
                                subparagraph (A) shall apply 
                                collectively to all proceedings 
                                required by a franchising authority for 
                                the approval of the request.
                                    ``(III) No tolling.--A timeframe 
                                under subparagraph (A) may not be 
                                tolled by any moratorium, whether 
                                express or de facto, imposed by a 
                                franchising authority on the 
                                consideration of any request for 
                                authorization to place, construct, or 
                                modify a facility for the provision of 
                                cable service.
                                    ``(IV) Written decision and 
                                record.--Any decision by a franchising 
                                authority to deny a complete request 
                                for authorization to place, construct, 
                                or modify a covered facility shall be--
                                            ``(aa) in writing;
                                            ``(bb) supported by 
                                        substantial evidence contained 
                                        in a written record; and
                                            ``(cc) publicly released, 
                                        contemporaneously with the 
                                        decision.
                    ``(C) When request considered complete; received.--
                            ``(i) When request considered complete.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--For the purposes 
                                of this subparagraph (B), a request to 
                                a franchising authority shall be 
                                considered complete if the requesting 
                                party has not received a written notice 
                                from the franchising authority within 
                                10 business days after the date on 
                                which the request is received by the 
                                franchising authority--
                                            ``(aa) stating that all the 
                                        information (including any form 
                                        or other document) required by 
                                        the franchising authority to be 
                                        submitted for the request to be 
                                        considered complete has not 
                                        been submitted; and
                                            ``(bb) identifying the 
                                        information required to be 
                                        submitted that was not 
                                        submitted.
                                    ``(II) Definition.--In this clause, 
                                the term `received by the franchising 
                                authority' means--
                                            ``(aa) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted 
                                        electronically, on the date on 
                                        which the request is 
                                        transmitted;
                                            ``(bb) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted in person, on 
                                        the date on which the request 
                                        is delivered to the individual 
                                        or at the location specified by 
                                        the franchising authority for 
                                        in-person submission; and
                                            ``(cc) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted in any other 
                                        manner, on the date determined 
                                        under regulations promulgated 
                                        by the Commission for the 
                                        manner in which the request is 
                                        submitted.
                            ``(ii) When complete request considered 
                        received.--For the purposes of subparagraph 
                        (B), a complete request shall be considered 
                        received on the date on which the requesting 
                        party submits to the franchising authority all 
                        information (including any form or other 
                        document) required by the franchising authority 
                        to be submitted for the request to be 
                        considered complete.
                    ``(D) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                            ``(i) Eligible support infrastructure.--The 
                        term `eligible support infrastructure' means 
                        infrastructure that supports or houses a 
                        facility for communication by wire (or is 
                        designed to and capable of supporting or 
                        housing such facility) at the time when a 
                        complete request to a franchising authority for 
                        authorization to place, construct, or modify a 
                        covered facility in or on the infrastructure is 
                        received by the franchising authority.
                            ``(ii) Covered facility.--The term `covered 
                        facility' means a facility--
                                    ``(I) for the provision of cable 
                                service; and
                                    ``(II) that serves subscribers 
                                using an easement or public right-of-
                                way.''.

SEC. 205. CABLE COMPETITION.

    (a) In General.--Section 627 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 547) is amended to read:

``SEC. 627. CONDITIONS OF SALE OR TRANSFER.

    ``(a) Value of Cable System Upon Sale or Transfer.--
            ``(1) After denial of franchise renewal.--If a renewal of a 
        franchise held by a cable operator is denied and the 
        franchising authority acquires ownership of the cable system or 
        effects a transfer of ownership of the system to another 
        person, any such acquisition or transfer shall be at fair 
        market value, determined on the basis of the cable system 
        valued as a going concern but with no value allocated to the 
        franchise itself.
            ``(2) After revocation of franchise for cause.--If a 
        franchise held by a cable operator is revoked for cause and the 
        franchising authority acquires ownership of the cable system or 
        effects a transfer of ownership of the system to another 
        person, any such acquisition or transfer shall be at fair 
        market value.
    ``(b) Limitations on Authority of Franchising Authority With 
Respect to Transfer of Franchise.--
            ``(1) In general.--A franchising authority may not--
                    ``(A) preclude a cable operator from transferring a 
                franchise to a person to which such franchise was not 
                initially granted; or
                    ``(B) require a cable operator to which a franchise 
                is initially granted to receive approval from the 
                franchising authority for the transfer of such 
                franchise to a person who to which such franchise was 
                not initially granted.
            ``(2) Notification.--In the case of the transfer of a 
        franchise to a person to which such franchise was not 
        originally granted, a franchising authority may require a cable 
        operator to which a franchise was initially granted to, not 
        later than 15 days after a transfer of a franchise, notify the 
        franchising authority in writing of such transfer.
            ``(3) Transfer defined.--In this subsection, the term 
        `transfer' means the assignment rights under a franchise 
        through any transaction, including a merger, sale, assignment, 
        restructuring, or transfer of control of a cable operator or a 
        cable system.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section, and the amendments made by 
subsection (a), shall take effect 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (c) Application.--This section, and the amendment made by 
subsection (a), shall apply to a franchise granted--
            (1) on or after the effective date established by 
        subsection (b); or
            (2) before such date, if such franchise (including any 
        renewal term thereof) is in effect on such date.

SEC. 206. CABLE TRANSPARENCY.

    (a) In General.--Section 626 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 546) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 626. FRANCHISE TERM AND TERMINATION.

    ``(a) Franchise Term.--A franchise shall continue in effect 
(without any requirement for renewal) until the date on which the 
franchise is revoked or terminated in accordance with subsection (b).
    ``(b) Limits.--
            ``(1) Prohibition against revocation; termination.--Except 
        as provided in paragraph (2), a franchise may not be--
                    ``(A) revoked by a franchising authority;
                    ``(B) terminated by a cable operator; or
                    ``(C) revoked or terminated by operation of law, 
                including by a term in a franchise that revokes or 
                terminates such franchise on a specific date, after a 
                period of time, or upon the occurrence of an event.
            ``(2) When termination or revocation of franchise 
        permitted.--
                    ``(A) Termination by cable operator.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A cable operator may 
                        terminate a franchise by submitting to the 
                        franchising authority a written request for the 
                        franchising authority to revoke such franchise.
                            ``(ii) Time of revocation.--If the cable 
                        operator submits a complete request under 
                        clause (i), the franchising authority shall 
                        revoke the franchise on the date that is 90 
                        days after the franchising authority receives 
                        such request.
                            ``(iii) Deemed to be revoked.--If a 
                        franchising authority does not approve a 
                        request by the date required under clause (ii), 
                        the franchise is deemed revoked on the day 
                        after such date.
                    ``(B) Termination by franchising authority.--A 
                franchising authority may revoke a franchise if the 
                franchising authority--
                            ``(i) finds that the cable operator has 
                        knowingly and willfully failed to substantially 
                        meet a material requirement imposed by the 
                        franchise;
                            ``(ii) provides the cable operator a 
                        reasonable opportunity to cure such failure, 
                        after which the cable operator fails to cure 
                        such failure; and
                            ``(iii) does not waive the material 
                        requirement or acquiesce with the failure to 
                        substantially meet such requirement.
                    ``(C) When request considered complete; received.--
                            ``(i) When request considered complete.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--For the purposes 
                                of this paragraph, a request to a 
                                franchising authority shall be 
                                considered complete if the cable 
                                operator has not received a written 
                                notice from the franchising authority 
                                within 10 business days after the date 
                                on which the request is received by the 
                                franchising authority--
                                            ``(aa) stating that all the 
                                        information (including any form 
                                        or other document) required by 
                                        the franchising authority to be 
                                        submitted for the request to be 
                                        considered complete has not 
                                        been submitted; and
                                            ``(bb) identifying the 
                                        information required to be 
                                        submitted that was not 
                                        submitted.
                                    ``(II) Definition.--In this clause, 
                                the term `received by the franchising 
                                authority' means--
                                            ``(aa) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted 
                                        electronically, on the date on 
                                        which the request is 
                                        transmitted;
                                            ``(bb) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted in person, on 
                                        the date on which the request 
                                        is delivered to the individual 
                                        or at the location specified by 
                                        the franchising authority for 
                                        in-person submission; and
                                            ``(cc) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted in any other 
                                        manner, on the date determined 
                                        under regulations promulgated 
                                        by the Commission for the 
                                        manner in which the request is 
                                        submitted.
                            ``(ii) When complete request considered 
                        received.--For the purposes of this paragraph, 
                        a complete request shall be considered received 
                        on the date on which the cable operator submits 
                        to the franchising authority all information 
                        (including any form or other document) required 
                        by the franchising authority to be submitted 
                        for the request to be considered complete.
    ``(c) Review by Commission.--
            ``(1) Petition.--A cable operator may petition the 
        Commission for review of a determination by a franchising 
        authority to revoke a franchise under subsection (b)(2)(B).
            ``(2) Review.--The Commission shall review the 
        determination de novo.
            ``(3) Order.--If, based on the evidence presented during 
        the review, the Commission determines that the franchising 
        authority has not demonstrated by a preponderance of the 
        evidence that the franchising authority revoked the franchise 
        in accordance with subsection (b)(2)(B), the Commission shall 
        order the franchising authority to reinstate the franchise.''.
    (b) Elimination or Modification of Requirement in Franchise.--
Section 625 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 545) is 
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 625. ELIMINATION OR MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT IN FRANCHISE.

    ``(a) In General.--During the period in which a franchise is in 
effect, the cable operator may obtain the elimination or modification 
of any requirement in the franchise by submitting to the franchising 
authority a request for the elimination or modification of such 
requirement.
    ``(b) Elimination or Modification of Requirement in Franchise.--The 
franchising authority shall eliminate or modify a requirement in 
accordance with a complete request submitted under subsection (a) not 
later than 120 days after receiving such request if the cable operator 
demonstrates in the request--
            ``(1) good cause for the elimination or modification of the 
        requirement; and
            ``(2) that the mix, quality, and level of services required 
        by the franchise at the time the franchise was granted will be 
        maintained after the elimination or modification of the 
        requirement.
    ``(c) Deemed Elimination or Modification.--Except in the case of a 
request for the elimination or modification of a requirement for 
services relating to public, educational, or governmental access, if 
the franchising authority fails to approve or deny the complete request 
submitted under subsection (a) by the date described under subsection 
(b), the requirement shall be deemed eliminated or modified in 
accordance with the request on the day after such date.
    ``(d) Appeal.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any cable operator whose request for 
        elimination or modification of a requirement in a franchise 
        under subsection (a) has been denied by a final decision of a 
        franchising authority may obtain the elimination or 
        modification of such franchise requirements pursuant to the 
        provisions of section 635.
            ``(2) Grant of request.--In the case of any proposed 
        elimination or modification of a requirement in a franchise 
        under subsection (a), the court shall grant such elimination or 
        modification only if the cable operator demonstrates to the 
        court--
                    ``(A) good cause for the elimination or 
                modification of the requirement; and
                    ``(B) that the mix, quality, and level of services 
                required by the franchise at the time the franchise was 
                granted will be maintained after the elimination or 
                modification of the requirement.
    ``(e) When Request Considered Complete; Received.--
            ``(1) When request considered complete.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For the purposes of this 
                section, a request to a franchising authority shall be 
                considered complete if the cable operator has not 
                received a written notice from the franchising 
                authority within 10 business days after the date on 
                which the request is received by the franchising 
                authority--
                            ``(i) stating that all the information 
                        (including any form or other document) required 
                        by the franchising authority to be submitted 
                        for the request to be considered complete has 
                        not been submitted; and
                            ``(ii) identifying the information required 
                        to be submitted that was not submitted.
                    ``(B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                `received by the franchising authority' means--
                            ``(i) in the case of a request submitted 
                        electronically, on the date on which the 
                        request is transmitted;
                            ``(ii) in the case of a request submitted 
                        in person, on the date on which the request is 
                        delivered to the individual or at the location 
                        specified by the franchising authority for in-
                        person submission; and
                            ``(iii) in the case of a request submitted 
                        in any other manner, on the date determined 
                        under regulations promulgated by the Commission 
                        for the manner in which the request is 
                        submitted.
            ``(2) When complete request considered received.--For the 
        purposes of this section, a complete request shall be 
        considered received on the date on which the cable operator 
        submits to the franchising authority all information (including 
        any form or other document) required by the franchising 
        authority to be submitted for the request to be considered 
        complete.''.
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 601--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking the semicolon at 
                the end and inserting ``; and'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (5); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph 
                (5);
            (2) in section 602(9)--
                    (A) by striking ``initial''; and
                    (B) by striking ``, or renewal thereof (including a 
                renewal of an authorization which has been granted 
                subject to section 626),'';
            (3) in section 611(b), by striking ``and may require as 
        part of a cable operator's proposal for a franchise renewal, 
        subject to section 626'';
            (4) in section 612(b)(3)--
                    (A) by striking ``or as part of a proposal for 
                renewal, subject to section 626,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``, or proposal for renewal 
                thereof,'';
            (5) in section 621(b)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``or 
                franchise renewal''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (D)--
                            (i) by striking ``initial''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``, a franchise 
                        renewal,'';
            (6) in section 624--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``(including 
                requests for renewal proposals, subject to section 
                626)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``or renewal 
                thereof'';
            (7) in section 627--
                    (A) by striking subsection (a);
                    (B) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, as 
                described in section 626(b)(2)(B),'' after ``for 
                cause''; and
                    (C) by striking ``(b) If'' and inserting ``If''; 
                and
            (8) in section 635A(a), by striking ``renewal,''.
    (d) Effective Date; Application.--
            (1) Effective date.--This section, and the amendments made 
        by this section, shall take effect 6 months after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Application.--This section, and the amendments made by 
        this section, shall apply to a franchise granted--
                    (A) on or after the effective date established by 
                paragraph (1); or
                    (B) before such date, if such franchise (including, 
                notwithstanding the amendment made by subsection 
                (c)(2)(B), any renewal thereof) is in effect on such 
                date.

SEC. 207. COMMUNITIES OVER REGULATING NETWORKS NEED ECONOMIC 
              COMPETITION TODAY.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsections (b)(1) and (c), 
a State or political subdivision thereof may not provide or offer for 
sale to the public, a telecommunications provider, or to a commercial 
provider of broadband internet access service, retail or wholesale 
broadband internet access service.
    (b) Transitional Rule.--Any State or political subdivision thereof 
providing or offering for sale, either to the public, a 
telecommunications provider, or to a provider of broadband internet 
access service, retail or wholesale broadband internet access service, 
before the date of the enactment of this section--
            (1) notwithstanding subsection (a), may continue to provide 
        or offer for sale such service if the Commission finds there is 
        no more than one other commercial provider of broadband 
        internet access that provides competition for that service in a 
        particular area;
            (2) shall notify each subscriber of the State or political 
        subdivision if a commercial provider of retail broadband 
        internet access enters the market; and
            (3) may not construct or extend facilities used to deliver 
        broadband internet access service beyond the geographic area in 
        which the State or political subdivision thereof lawfully 
        operates.
    (c) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), this section does 
not apply to the Tennessee Valley Authority.
    (d) Rules of Construction.--
            (1) In general.--This section may not be construed to 
        restrict a State or political subdivision thereof, from 
        allowing the nondiscriminatory use of its rights-of-way, 
        including access to utility poles, conduits, ducts, or similar 
        support structures used for the deployment of facilities 
        necessary to deliver broadband internet access service.
            (2) Public safety.--This section may not be construed to 
        restrict a State or political subdivision thereof, from 
        providing broadband facilities or services for 9-1-1, enhanced 
        9-1-1 service, or Next Generation 9-1-1.
    (e) Limitation of Commission Authority.--Notwithstanding any 
provision of law, including section 706 of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 706), the Commission may not pre-empt State laws to 
permit a State or political subdivision thereof to provide or offer for 
sale to the public retail or wholesale broadband internet access 
service.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) 9-1-1 request for emergency assistance.--The term ``9-
        1-1 request for emergency assistance'' means a communication, 
        such as voice, text, picture, multimedia, or any other type of 
        data that is sent to an emergency communications center for the 
        purpose of requesting emergency assistance.
            (2) Broadband internet access service.--The term 
        ``broadband internet access service'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, or any successor regulation.
            (3) Commonly accepted standards.--The term ``commonly 
        accepted standards'' means--
                    (A) the technical standards followed by the 
                communications industry for network, device, and 
                Internet Protocol connectivity, including standards 
                developed by the Third Generation Partnership Project, 
                the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 
                the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, 
                the Internet Engineering Taskforce, and the 
                International Telecommunications Union; and
                    (B) standards that are accredited by a recognized 
                authority such as the American National Standards 
                Institute.
            (4) Emergency communications center.--The term ``emergency 
        communications center'' means a facility that is designated to 
        receive a 9-1-1 request for emergency assistance and perform 
        one or more of the following functions:
                    (A) Process and analyze 9-1-1 requests for 
                emergency assistance and other gathered information.
                    (B) Dispatch appropriate emergency response 
                providers.
                    (C) Transfer or exchange 9-1-1 requests for 
                emergency assistance and other gathered information 
                with other emergency communications centers and 
                emergency response providers.
                    (D) Analyze any communications received from 
                emergency response providers.
                    (E) Support incident command functions.
            (5) Emergency response provider.--The term ``emergency 
        response provider''--
                    (A) has the meaning given that term under section 2 
                of the Homeland Security Act (47 U.S.C. 101); and
                    (B) includes Federal, State, and local governmental 
                and nongovernmental emergency public safety, fire, law 
                enforcement, emergency response, emergency medical 
                (including hospital emergency facilities), and related 
                personnel, agencies, and authorities.
            (6) Enhanced 9-1-1 service.--The term ``enhanced 9-1-1 
        service'' has the meaning given that term in section 7(10) of 
        the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 (47 
        U.S.C. 615b(10)).
            (7) Interoperable.--The term ``interoperable'' means the 
        capability of emergency communications centers to receive 9-1-1 
        requests for emergency assistance and related data such as 
        location information and callback numbers from the public, then 
        process and share the 9-1-1 requests for emergency assistance 
        and related data with other emergency communications centers 
        and emergency response providers, regardless of jurisdiction, 
        equipment, device, software, service provider, or other 
        relevant factors, and without the need for proprietary 
        interfaces.
            (8) Next generation 9-1-1.--The term ``Next Generation 9-1-
        1'' means an interoperable, secure, Internet Protocol-based 
        system that--
                    (A) employs commonly accepted standards;
                    (B) enables the appropriate emergency 
                communications centers to receive, process, and analyze 
                all types of 9-1-1 requests for emergency assistance;
                    (C) acquires and integrates additional information 
                useful to handling 9-1-1 requests for emergency 
                assistance; and
                    (D) supports sharing information related to 9-1-1 
                requests for emergency assistance among emergency 
                communications centers and emergency response 
                providers.
            (9) State.--The term ``State'' means any State of the 
        United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American 
        Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern 
        Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the 
        United States.
            (10) Telecommunications provider.--The term 
        ``telecommunications provider'' means an eligible 
        telecommunications carrier as designated under section 
        214(e)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        214(e)(2)).

SEC. 208. STREAMLINING PERMITTING TO ENABLE EFFICIENT DEPLOYMENT OF 
              BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.

    Title I of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 14. EXEMPTION FROM REVIEW FOR CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES.

    ``(a) For Permitting by Commission.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of 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, the Commission shall not be required to perform, and may 
        not require any entity regulated by the Commission to perform, 
        any review under such Act or division as a condition of 
        permitting the placement and installation of a communications 
        facility if--
                    ``(A) the new facility--
                            ``(i) will be located within a public 
                        right-of-way; and
                            ``(ii) is not more than 50 feet tall or 10 
                        feet higher than any existing structure in the 
                        public right-of-way, whichever is higher;
                    ``(B) the new facility is--
                            ``(i) a replacement for an existing 
                        communications facility; and
                            ``(ii) the same as, or substantially 
                        similar to (as such term is defined by the 
                        Commission), the communications facility that 
                        the new communications facility is replacing;
                    ``(C) the new facility is a type of communications 
                facility that--
                            ``(i) is described in subsection (c)(2)(B); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) meets the size limitation of a small 
                        antenna established by the Commission; or
                    ``(D) the placement and installation involve the 
                expansion of the site of an existing facility not more 
                than 30 feet in any direction.
            ``(2) Savings clause.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
        construed to affect--
                    ``(A) the obligation of the Commission to evaluate 
                radiofrequency exposure under the National 
                Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
                seq.);
                    ``(B) except as explicitly provided in this 
                subsection, the obligation of any provider of a 
                communications service to comply with 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;
                    ``(C) the authority of a State or local government 
                to apply and enforce the zoning and other land use 
                regulations of the State or local government to the 
                extent consistent with this subsection and sections 
                253, 332(c)(7), and 621; or
                    ``(D) the authority or obligations established 
                under section 20156(e) of title 49, United States Code.
    ``(b) For Grant of Easement on Federal Property.--No review shall 
be required 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, as a condition of granting a covered easement for a 
communications facility if a covered easement has been granted for 
another communications facility or a utility facility with respect to 
the same building or other property owned by the Federal Government.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Antenna.--The term `antenna' means communications 
        equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio 
        frequency signals used in the provision of wireless services.
            ``(2) Communications facility.--The term `communications 
        facility' includes--
                    ``(A) any infrastructure, including any 
                transmitting device, tower, or support structure, and 
                any equipment, switches, wiring, cabling, power 
                sources, shelters, or cabinets, associated with the 
                licensed or permitted unlicensed wireless or wireline 
                transmission of writings, signs, signals, data, images, 
                pictures, and sounds of all kinds; and
                    ``(B) any antenna or apparatus--
                            ``(i) that is designed for the purpose of 
                        emitting or receiving radio frequency;
                            ``(ii) that--
                                    ``(I) is designed to be operated, 
                                or is operating, from a fixed location 
                                pursuant to authorization by the 
                                Commission; or
                                    ``(II) is using duly authorized 
                                devices that do not require individual 
                                licenses; and
                            ``(iii) that is added to a tower, building, 
                        support pole, or other structure.
            ``(3) Covered easement.--The term `covered easement' means 
        an easement, right-of-way, or lease to, in, over, or on a 
        building or other property owned by the Federal Government, 
        excluding Tribal land held in trust by the Federal Government 
        (unless the Tribal Government of such land requests that the 
        Commission not exclude the land for purposes of this 
        definition), for the right to install, construct, modify, or 
        maintain a communications facility.
            ``(4) Public right-of-way.--The term `public right-of-
        way'--
                    ``(A) means--
                            ``(i) the area on, below, or above a public 
                        roadway, highway, street, sidewalk, alley, or 
                        similar property; and
                            ``(ii) any land immediately adjacent to and 
                        contiguous with property described in clause 
                        (i) that is within the right-of-way grant; and
                    ``(B) does not include a portion of the Interstate 
                System (as such term is defined in section 101(a) of 
                title 23, United States Code).
            ``(5) Support pole.--The term `support pole' means an 
        upright pole or structure used or capable of being used to 
        support a wireless service facility.
            ``(6) Utility facility.--The term `utility facility' means 
        any privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned line, facility, 
        or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing power, 
        electricity, light, heat, gas, oil, crude products, water, 
        steam, waste, storm water not connected with highway drainage, 
        or any other similar commodity, including any fire or police 
        signal system or street lighting system, that directly or 
        indirectly serves the public.
            ``(7) Wireless service.--The term `wireless service' means 
        the transmission by radio communication of voice, video, or 
        data communications services, including Internet Protocol or 
        any successor protocol-enabled services, or any combination of 
        those services, whether provided on a licensed or permitted 
        unlicensed basis.
            ``(8) Wireless service facility.--The term `wireless 
        service facility' means a facility for the provision of 
        wireless service.''.

SEC. 209. WIRELESS BROADBAND COMPETITION AND EFFICIENT DEPLOYMENT.

    (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 Exemption.--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 service 
                        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 instrumentality thereof; 
                        or
                            (ii) the modification of an eligible 
                        personal wireless service facility; and
                    (B) for which a permit, license, or approval from 
                the Commission is required or that is otherwise subject 
                to the jurisdiction of the Commission.
            (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 Middle 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 possessions of the 
        United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.

SEC. 210. BROADBAND COMPETITION AND EFFICIENT DEPLOYMENT.

    (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 Exemption.--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 the placement, construction, or 
                modification of a telecommunications service facility 
                in or on eligible support infrastructure; and
                    (B) for which a permit, license, or approval from 
                the Commission is required or that is otherwise subject 
                to the jurisdiction of the Commission.
            (3) Eligible support infrastructure.--The term ``eligible 
        support infrastructure'' means infrastructure that supports or 
        houses a facility for communication by wire (or is designed to 
        and capable of supporting or housing such a facility) at the 
        time when a complete request to a State or local government or 
        instrumentality thereof for authorization to place, construct, 
        or modify a telecommunications service facility in or on the 
        infrastructure is received by the government or 
        instrumentality.
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' means the 50 States, the 
        District of Columbia, the territories and possessions of the 
        United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.
            (5) Telecommunications service.--The term 
        ``telecommunications service'' has the meaning given such term 
        in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).
            (6) Telecommunications service facility.--The term 
        ``telecommunications service facility'' means a facility for 
        the provision of any interstate or intrastate 
        telecommunications service.

SEC. 211. WIRELESS RESILIENCY AND FLEXIBLE INVESTMENT.

    (a) In General.-- Section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief 
and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``eligible facilities 
        request for a modification of an existing wireless tower or 
        base station that does not substantially change the physical 
        dimensions of such tower or base station'' and inserting 
        ``complete eligible facilities request for a modification of an 
        existing wireless tower, base station, or eligible support 
        structure that does not substantially change the physical 
        dimensions of such tower, base station, or eligible support 
        structure'';
            (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Time frame.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the 
                date on which a State or local government receives a 
                complete eligible facilities request described under 
                paragraph (1), the State or local government shall 
                approve such request.
                    ``(B) Deemed approval.--If a State or local 
                government does not approve an eligible facilities 
                request by the date required under subparagraph (A), 
                the request is deemed approved on the day after such 
                date.
                    ``(C) When request considered complete; received.--
                            ``(i) When request considered complete.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--For the purposes 
                                of this paragraph, an eligible 
                                facilities request to a State or local 
                                government shall be considered complete 
                                if the requesting party has not 
                                received a written notice from the 
                                State or local government within 10 
                                business days after the date on which 
                                the request is received by the State or 
                                local government--
                                            ``(aa) stating that all the 
                                        information (including any form 
                                        or other document) required by 
                                        the State or local government 
                                        to be submitted for the request 
                                        to be considered complete has 
                                        not been submitted; and
                                            ``(bb) identifying the 
                                        information required to be 
                                        submitted that was not 
                                        submitted.
                                    ``(II) Definition.--In this clause, 
                                the term `received by the State or 
                                local government' means--
                                            ``(aa) in the case of an 
                                        eligible facilities request 
                                        submitted electronically, on 
                                        the date on which the request 
                                        is transmitted;
                                            ``(bb) in the case of an 
                                        eligible facilities request 
                                        submitted in person, on the 
                                        date on which the request is 
                                        delivered to the individual or 
                                        at the location specified by 
                                        the State or local government 
                                        for in-person submission; and
                                            ``(cc) in the case of an 
                                        eligible facilities request 
                                        submitted in any other manner, 
                                        on the date determined under 
                                        regulations promulgated by the 
                                        Commission for the manner in 
                                        which the request is submitted.
                            ``(ii) When complete request considered 
                        received.--For the purposes of this paragraph, 
                        a complete eligible facilities request shall be 
                        considered received on the date on which the 
                        requesting party submits to the State or local 
                        government all information (including any form 
                        or other document) required by the State or 
                        local government to be submitted for the 
                        request to be considered complete.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Eligible facilities request.--The term 
                `eligible facilities request' means any request for 
                modification of an existing wireless tower, base 
                station, or eligible support structure that involves--
                            ``(i) collocation of new transmission 
                        equipment;
                            ``(ii) removal of transmission equipment;
                            ``(iii) replacement of transmission 
                        equipment; or
                            ``(iv) placement, modification, or 
                        construction of equipment that--
                                    ``(I) improves the resiliency of 
                                the wireless tower, base station, or 
                                eligible support structure; and
                                    ``(II) provides a direct benefit to 
                                public safety, such as--
                                            ``(aa) providing backup 
                                        power for the wireless tower, 
                                        base station, or eligible 
                                        support structure;
                                            ``(bb) hardening the 
                                        wireless tower, base station, 
                                        or other eligible support 
                                        structure; or
                                            ``(cc) providing more 
                                        reliable connection capability 
                                        using the wireless tower, base 
                                        station, or eligible support 
                                        structure.
                    ``(B) Eligible support structure.--The term 
                `eligible support structure' means a structure that 
                supports a personal wireless service facility at the 
                time at which the eligible facilities request is made.
                    ``(C) Personal wireless service facility.--The term 
                `personal wireless service facility' means a facility 
                necessary for the provision of--
                            ``(i) commercial mobile service;
                            ``(ii) commercial mobile data service (as 
                        that term is defined in section 6001 of the 
                        Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 
                        2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401));
                            ``(iii) unlicensed wireless service; and
                            ``(iv) common carrier wireless exchange 
                        access service.''.
    (b) Implementation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall 
issue final rules implementing subsection (a), and the amendments made 
by such subsection.

SEC. 212. BROADBAND RESILIENCY AND FLEXIBLE INVESTMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and 
Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``any eligible facilities 
        request'' and inserting the following: ``any complete--
                    ``(A) eligible facilities request for a 
                modification of an existing wireless tower, base 
                station, or eligible support structure that does not 
                substantially change the physical dimensions of such 
                tower, base station, or eligible support structure; and
                    ``(B) eligible telecommunications facilities 
                request for a modification of any existing 
                telecommunications service facility in or on an 
                eligible support infrastructure that does not 
                substantially change the physical dimensions of such 
                facility.'';
            (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Time frame.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the 
                date on which a State or local government receives a 
                complete request described under paragraph (1), the 
                State or local government shall approve such request.
                    ``(B) Deemed approval.--If a State or local 
                government does not approve a request by the date 
                required under subparagraph (A), the request is deemed 
                approved on the day after such date.
                    ``(C) When request considered complete; received.--
                            ``(i) When request considered complete.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--For the purposes 
                                of this paragraph, a request to a State 
                                or local government shall be considered 
                                complete if the requesting party has 
                                not received a written notice from the 
                                State or local government within 10 
                                business days after the date on which 
                                the request is received by the State or 
                                local government--
                                            ``(aa) stating that all the 
                                        information (including any form 
                                        or other document) required by 
                                        the State or local government 
                                        to be submitted for the request 
                                        to be considered complete has 
                                        not been submitted; and
                                            ``(bb) identifying the 
                                        information required to be 
                                        submitted that was not 
                                        submitted.
                                    ``(II) Definition.--In this clause, 
                                the term `received by the State or 
                                local government' means--
                                            ``(aa) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted 
                                        electronically, on the date on 
                                        which the request is 
                                        transmitted;
                                            ``(bb) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted in person, on 
                                        the date on which the request 
                                        is delivered to the individual 
                                        or at the location specified by 
                                        the State or local government 
                                        for in-person submission; and
                                            ``(cc) in the case of a 
                                        request submitted in any other 
                                        manner, on the date determined 
                                        under regulations promulgated 
                                        by the Commission for the 
                                        manner in which the request is 
                                        submitted.
                            ``(ii) When complete request considered 
                        received.--For the purposes of this paragraph, 
                        a complete request shall be considered received 
                        on the date on which the requesting party 
                        submits to the State or local government all 
                        information (including any form or other 
                        document) required by the State or local 
                        government to be submitted for the request to 
                        be considered complete.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Eligible facilities request.--The term 
                `eligible facilities request' means any request for 
                modification of an existing wireless tower, base 
                station, or eligible support structure that involves--
                            ``(i) collocation of new transmission 
                        equipment;
                            ``(ii) removal of transmission equipment;
                            ``(iii) replacement of transmission 
                        equipment; or
                            ``(iv) placement, modification, or 
                        construction of equipment that--
                                    ``(I) improves the resiliency of 
                                the wireless tower, base station, or 
                                eligible support structure; and
                                    ``(II) provides a direct benefit to 
                                public safety, such as--
                                            ``(aa) providing backup 
                                        power for the wireless tower, 
                                        base station, or eligible 
                                        support structure;
                                            ``(bb) hardening the 
                                        wireless tower, base station, 
                                        or other eligible support 
                                        structure; or
                                            ``(cc) providing more 
                                        reliable connection capability 
                                        using the wireless tower, base 
                                        station, or other eligible 
                                        support structure.
                    ``(B) Eligible telecommunications facilities 
                request.--The term `eligible telecommunications 
                facilities request' means any request for modification 
                of an existing telecommunications service facility in 
                or on an eligible support infrastructure that 
                involves--
                            ``(i) collocation of new telecommunications 
                        service facility equipment;
                            ``(ii) removal of telecommunications 
                        service facility equipment; or
                            ``(iii) replacement of telecommunications 
                        service facility equipment.
                    ``(C) Eligible support infrastructure.--The term 
                `eligible support infrastructure' means infrastructure 
                that supports or houses a facility for communication by 
                wire (or is designed to and capable of supporting or 
                housing such a facility) at the time when a complete 
                request to a State or local government or 
                instrumentality thereof for authorization to place, 
                construct, or modify a telecommunications service 
                facility in or on the infrastructure is received by the 
                government or instrumentality.
                    ``(D) Eligible support structure.--The term 
                `eligible support structure' means a structure that 
                supports a personal wireless service facility at the 
                time at which the eligible facilities request is made.
                    ``(E) Personal wireless service facility.--The term 
                `personal wireless service facility' means a facility 
                necessary for the provision of--
                            ``(i) commercial mobile service;
                            ``(ii) commercial mobile data service (as 
                        that term is defined in section 6001 of the 
                        Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 
                        2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401));
                            ``(iii) unlicensed wireless service; and
                            ``(iv) common carrier wireless exchange 
                        access service.
                    ``(F) Telecommunications service facility.--The 
                term `telecommunications service facility' means a 
                facility for the provision of any interstate or 
                intrastate telecommunications service.''.
    (b) Implementation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall 
issue final rules implementing subsection (a), and the amendments made 
by such subsection.

SEC. 213. PROPORTIONAL REVIEWS FOR BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT.

    Section 6409(a)(3) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation 
Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Application of nepa; nhpa.--
                    ``(A) NEPA exemption.--An eligible facilities 
                request 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 
                exemption.--An eligible facilities request shall not be 
                considered an undertaking under section 300320 of title 
                54, United States Code.''.

SEC. 214. PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) In General.--Title V of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 501 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 501, the 
following new section:
``Sec. 501A. Enhanced general penalty
    ``(a) Offenses.--Whoever, during and in relation to a violation 
enumerated in section 501, willfully or maliciously destroys any 
communications facility, in addition to the punishment provided for a 
violation that includes imprisonment, be sentenced to a term of 
imprisonment of 2 years.
    ``(b) Consecutive Sentence.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law--
            ``(1) a court may not place on probation any person 
        convicted of a violation of this section;
            ``(2) except as provided in paragraph (3), a term of 
        imprisonment imposed on a person under this section may not run 
        concurrently with any other term of imprisonment imposed on the 
        person under any other provision of law, including any term of 
        imprisonment imposed for the violation of this section; and
            ``(3) a term of imprisonment imposed on a person for a 
        violation of this section may, in the discretion of the court, 
        run concurrently, in whole or in part, only with another term 
        of imprisonment that is imposed by the court at the same time 
        on that person for an additional violation of this section, if 
        the discretion is exercised in accordance with applicable 
        guidelines and policy statements issued by the Sentencing 
        Commission pursuant to section 994 of title 28, United States 
        Code.
    ``(c) Communications Facility Defined.--In this section, the term 
`communications facility' includes--
            ``(1) any infrastructure, including any transmitting 
        device, tower, or support structure, and any equipment, 
        switches, wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or 
        cabinets, associated with the licensed or permitted unlicensed 
        wireless or wireline transmission of writings, signs, signals, 
        data, images, pictures, and sounds of all kinds; and
            ``(2) any antenna or apparatus that--
                    ``(A) is designed for the purpose of emitting radio 
                frequency;
                    ``(B) is designed to be operated, or is operating, 
                from a fixed location pursuant to authorization by the 
                Commission or is using duly authorized devices that do 
                not require individual licenses; and
                    ``(C) is added to a tower, building, or other 
                structure.''.

SEC. 215. REDUCING ANTIQUATED PERMITTING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Personal wireless service.--The term ``personal 
        wireless service'' means--
                    (A) commercial mobile service (as defined in 
                section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
                U.S.C. 332(d)));
                    (B) commercial mobile data service (as defined in 
                section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 
                Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401));
                    (C) unlicensed wireless service; and
                    (D) common carrier wireless exchange access 
                service.
            (2) Personal wireless service facility.--The term 
        ``personal wireless service facility'' means a facility for the 
        provision of personal wireless service.
            (3) Small personal wireless service facility.--The term 
        ``small personal wireless service facility''--
                    (A) means a personal wireless service facility in 
                which each antenna is not more than 3 cubic feet in 
                volume; and
                    (B) does not include a wireline backhaul facility.
            (4) Wireline backhaul facility.--The term ``wireline 
        backhaul facility'' means an above-ground or underground 
        wireline facility used to transport communications service or 
        other electronic communications from a small personal wireless 
        service facility or its adjacent network interface device to a 
        communications network.
    (b) In General.--The deployment of a small personal wireless 
service facility shall not constitute an undertaking under section 
300320 of title 54, United States Code, or a major Federal action for 
the purposes of section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332).
    (c) Rebuttable Presumption.--
            (1) In general.--If a federally recognized Indian Tribe or 
        Native Hawaiian Organization is shown to have received a 
        complete Form 620 or Form 621 (or any successor form), or can 
        be reasonably expected to have received a complete Form 620 or 
        Form 621 (or any successor form), and has not acted on a 
        complete request contained in the form within 45 days after 
        such receipt--
                    (A) the Commission and a court of competent 
                jurisdiction (as the case may be) shall presume the 
                applicant has made a good faith effort to provide the 
                information reasonably necessary for federally 
                recognized Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
                Organizations to ascertain whether historic properties 
                of religious and cultural significance to them may be 
                affected by the undertaking; and
                    (B) the federally recognized Indian Tribe or Native 
                Hawaiian Organization (as the case may be) shall be 
                presumed to have disclaimed interest in the 
                application.
            (2) Overcoming presumption.--
                    (A) In general.--Federally recognized Indian Tribe 
                or Native Hawaiian Organization may overcome the 
                presumption under paragraph (1) upon favorably 
                demonstrating one or more of the factors to be 
                considered under subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Factors considered.--The review by the 
                Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction under 
                paragraph (1) shall give substantial weight to--
                            (i) whether the applicant made a reasonable 
                        attempt to follow up with the federally 
                        recognized Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
                        Organization not earlier than 30 days, and not 
                        later than 50 days, after the applicant 
                        submitted a complete Form 620 or Form 621 (as 
                        the case may be) to the federally recognized 
                        Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization; 
                        and
                            (ii) whether the rules of the Commission 
                        and Form 620 or Form 621 is found to be in 
                        violation of a Nationwide Programmatic 
                        Agreement of the Commission.

SEC. 216. COASTAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT.

    (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 Exemption.--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) Communications facility.--The term ``communications 
        facility'' includes--
                    (A) any wireless or wireline infrastructure for the 
                transmission of writing, signs, signals, data, images, 
                pictures, or sounds of all kinds;
                    (B) any transmitting device, tower, or support 
                structure, and any equipment, switches, wiring, 
                cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabinets, 
                associated with the provision of communications 
                service; and
                    (C) any antenna or apparatus that--
                            (i) is designed for the purpose of emitting 
                        radio frequency;
                            (ii) is designed to be operated, or is 
                        operating, from a fixed location; and
                            (iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
                        other structure.
            (3) Communications service.--The term ``communications 
        service'' means a service for the transmission of writing, 
        signs, signals, data, images, pictures, or sounds of all kinds.
            (4) Covered project.--The term ``covered project'' means a 
        project--
                    (A) for the deployment or modification of a 
                communications facility that is to be carried out 
                entirely within a floodplain (as defined in section 9.4 
                of title 44, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
                on the date of the enactment of this Act); and
                    (B) for which a permit, license, or approval from 
                the Commission is required or that is otherwise subject 
                to the jurisdiction of the Commission.

SEC. 217. BROWNFIELDS BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT.

    (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 Exemption.--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) Communications facility.--The term ``communications 
        facility'' includes--
                    (A) any wireless or wireline infrastructure for the 
                transmission of writing, signs, signals, data, images, 
                pictures, or sounds of all kinds;
                    (B) any transmitting device, tower, or support 
                structure, and any equipment, switches, wiring, 
                cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabinets, 
                associated with the provision of communications 
                service; and
                    (C) any antenna or apparatus that--
                            (i) is designed for the purpose of emitting 
                        radio frequency;
                            (ii) is designed to be operated, or is 
                        operating, from a fixed location; and
                            (iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
                        other structure.
            (3) Communications service.--The term ``communications 
        service'' means a service for the transmission of writing, 
        signs, signals, data, images, pictures, or sounds of all kinds.
            (4) Covered project.--The term ``covered project'' means a 
        project--
                    (A) for the deployment or modification of a 
                communications facility that is to be carried out 
                entirely within a brownfield site (as defined in 
                section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
                Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
                U.S.C. 9601)); and
                    (B) for which a permit, license, or approval from 
                the Commission is required or that is otherwise subject 
                to the jurisdiction of the Commission.

SEC. 218. TRUSTED BROADBAND NETWORKS.

    (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 Exemption.--A covered 
project shall not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of 
title 54, United States Code.
    (c) Covered Project Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
project'' means a project to permanently remove covered communications 
equipment or services (as defined in section 9 of the Secure and 
Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608)) and to 
replace such covered communications equipment or services with 
communications equipment or services that are not covered 
communications equipment or services (as so defined).

SEC. 219. CONNECTING COMMUNITIES POST DISASTER.

    (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 Exemption.--A covered 
project shall not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of 
title 54, United States Code.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Communications facility.--The term ``communications 
        facility'' includes--
                    (A) any wireless or wireline infrastructure for the 
                transmission of writing, signs, signals, data, images, 
                pictures, or sounds of all kinds;
                    (B) any transmitting device, tower, or support 
                structure, and any equipment, switches, wiring, 
                cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabinets, 
                associated with the provision of communications 
                services; and
                    (C) any antenna or apparatus that--
                            (i) is designed for the purpose of emitting 
                        radio frequency;
                            (ii) is designed to be operated, or is 
                        operating, from a fixed location; and
                            (iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
                        other structure.
            (2) Communications service.--The term ``communications 
        service'' means a service for the transmission of writing, 
        signs, signals, data, images, pictures, or sounds of all kinds.
            (3) Covered project.--The term ``covered project'' means a 
        project that--
                    (A) is to be carried out within an area for which 
                the President has declared a major disaster or an 
                emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
                and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.);
                    (B) is to be carried out not later than 5 years 
                after the date on which the President made such 
                declaration; and
                    (C) replaces a communications facility damaged by 
                such disaster or emergency or makes improvements to a 
                communications facility in such area that could 
                reasonably be considered as necessary for recovery from 
                such disaster or emergency or to prevent or mitigate 
                future disasters or emergencies.

SEC. 220. WILDFIRE WIRELESS RESILIENCY.

    (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 Exemption.--A covered 
project shall not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of 
title 54, United States Code.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Communications facility.--The term ``communications 
        facility'' includes--
                    (A) any wireless or wireline infrastructure for the 
                transmission of writing, sign, signal, data, image, 
                picture, or sound of any kind;
                    (B) any transmitting device, tower, or support 
                structure, and any equipment, switch, wiring, cabling, 
                power source, shelter, or cabinet, associated with the 
                provision of communications services; and
                    (C) any antenna or apparatus that--
                            (i) is designed for the purpose of emitting 
                        radio frequency;
                            (ii) is designed to be operated, or is 
                        operating, from a fixed location; and
                            (iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
                        other structure.
            (2) Communications service.--The term ``communications 
        service'' means a service for the transmission of any writing, 
        sign, signal, data, image, picture, or sound of any kind.
            (3) Covered project.--The term ``covered project'' means a 
        project that--
                    (A) is to be carried out entirely within an area 
                for which a Governor has declared a major disaster or 
                an emergency related to a wildfire;
                    (B) is to be carried out not later than 5 years 
                after the date the Governor made such declaration; and
                    (C) replaces a communications facility damaged by 
                such disaster or emergency or makes improvements to a 
                communications facility in such area that could 
                reasonably be considered as necessary for recovery from 
                such disaster or emergency or to prevent or mitigate 
                any future disaster or emergency.

SEC. 221. STANDARD FEES.

    (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.

SEC. 222. EXPEDITING FEDERAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                House of Representatives;
                    (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
                of Representatives;
                    (C) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation of the Senate;
                    (D) the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
                of the Senate;
                    (E) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (F) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
                Forestry of the Senate.
            (2) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
        and Information.
            (3) Communications facility.--The term ``communications 
        facility'' includes--
                    (A) any infrastructure, including any transmitting 
                device, tower, or support structure, and any equipment, 
                switches, wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or 
                cabinets, associated with the licensed or permitted 
                unlicensed wireless or wireline transmission of 
                writings, signs, signals, data, images, pictures, and 
                sounds of all kinds; and
                    (B) any antenna or apparatus that--
                            (i) is designed for the purpose of emitting 
                        radio frequency;
                            (ii) is designed to be operated, or is 
                        operating, from a fixed location pursuant to 
                        authorization by the Commission or is using 
                        duly authorized devices that do not require 
                        individual licenses; and
                            (iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
                        other structure.
            (4) Communications use.--The term ``communications use'' 
        means the placement and operation of a communications facility.
            (5) Communications use authorization.--The term 
        ``communications use authorization'' means an easement, right-
        of-way, lease, license, or other authorization to locate or 
        modify a communications facility on covered land by the 
        Department concerned for the primary purpose of authorizing the 
        occupancy and use of the covered land for communications use.
            (6) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means--
                    (A) public land administered by the Secretary of 
                the Interior; and
                    (B) National Forest System land.
            (7) Department concerned.--The term ``Department 
        concerned'' means the Department of the Interior or the 
        Department of Agriculture.
            (8) Organization unit.--The term ``organizational unit'' 
        means--
                    (A) with respect to public land administered by the 
                Secretary of the Interior--
                            (i) a State office;
                            (ii) a district office; or
                            (iii) a field office; and
                    (B) within the Forest Service--
                            (i) a regional office;
                            (ii) the headquarters;
                            (iii) a management unit; or
                            (iv) a ranger district office.
            (9) Strike force.--The term ``Strike Force'' means the 
        interagency strike force established in subsection (b)(1).
    (b) Strike Force.--
            (1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 
        establish an interagency strike force to increase 
        prioritization by the Department concerned, senior management 
        of the Department concerned, or an organizational unit of 
        reviews for communications use authorizations.
            (2) Duties.--In carrying out the prioritization under 
        paragraph (1), the Strike Force shall--
                    (A) conduct periodic calls between members of the 
                Strike Force relating to requests for communications 
                use authorizations; and
                    (B) monitor and facilitate accountability of the 
                Department concerned and organizational units to meet 
                objective and reasonable goals for the review of 
                requests for communications use authorizations.
            (3) Members.--The Strike Force shall be composed of such 
        representatives of Departments concerned as the Assistant 
        Secretary considers appropriate, in addition to--
                    (A) the Assistant Secretary;
                    (B) a representative of the Department concerned;
                    (C) senior management of the Department concerned; 
                and
                    (D) the head of each organizational unit.
            (4) Report to congress.--Not later than 270 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Strike Force shall submit to 
        the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
        effectiveness of the Strike Force in increasing the 
        prioritization of reviews for communications use authorization 
        requests.

SEC. 223. FEDERAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT IN UNSERVED AREAS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                House of Representatives;
                    (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
                of Representatives;
                    (C) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation of the Senate;
                    (D) the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
                of the Senate;
                    (E) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (F) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
                Forestry of the Senate.
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (3) Communications facility.--The term ``communications 
        facility'' includes--
                    (A) any infrastructure, including any transmitting 
                device, tower, or support structure, and any equipment, 
                switch, wiring, cabling, power source, shelter, or 
                cabinet, associated with the licensed or permitted 
                unlicensed wireless or wireline transmission of any 
                writing, sign, signal, data, image, picture, and sound 
                of any kind; and
                    (B) any antenna or apparatus that--
                            (i) is designed for the purpose of emitting 
                        radio frequency;
                            (ii) is designed to be operated, or is 
                        operating, from a fixed location pursuant to 
                        authorization by the Commission or is using any 
                        duly authorized device that does not require an 
                        individual license; and
                            (iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
                        other structure.
            (4) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means land 
        managed by a Federal land management agency.
            (5) Department concerned.--The term ``Department 
        concerned'' means the Department of the Interior or the 
        Department of Agriculture.
            (6) Federal land management agency.--The term ``Federal 
        land management agency'' means--
                    (A) the Forest Service;
                    (B) the Bureau of Land Management;
                    (C) the National Park Service;
                    (D) the Fish and Wildlife Service; and
                    (E) the Bureau of Reclamation.
            (7) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to 
                land administered by such Secretary;
                    (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to 
                National Forest System land; and
                    (C) the Secretary of Commerce.
    (b) Sharing Broadband Availability Data.--
            (1) Notification.--Not later than 2 business days after the 
        creation or update of any map required under section 802(c)(1) 
        of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(c)(1)), the 
        Commission shall notify the Secretary concerned that the map 
        has been created or updated.
            (2) Provision of information.--Not later than 5 business 
        days after the date on which the Secretary concerned is 
        notified under paragraph (1), the Commission shall provide the 
        Secretary concerned any data the Commission has collected 
        pursuant to title VIII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
        U.S.C. 641 et seq.).
            (3) Continuation.--The Commission shall provide the 
        Secretary concerned the information described in paragraph (2) 
        every 6 months unless the Commission no longer has such 
        information.
            (4) Protection of information.--
                    (A) In general.--The Commission shall specify to 
                the Secretary concerned which information provided 
                under paragraph (2) was collected in a confidential or 
                proprietary manner, and the Secretary concerned may not 
                make such information publicly available.
                    (B) FOIA.--Information provided under paragraph (2) 
                is exempt from disclosure to the public under section 
                552(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Working Group.--
            (1) Establishment.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
        of enactment of this section, the Commission and the Secretary 
        concerned shall establish an interagency working group to 
        facilitate the preparation and interoperability of information 
        technology systems for the provision and receipt of the 
        information described in subsection (b)(2).
            (2) Nonapplicability of faca.--The Federal Advisory 
        Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the 
        interagency working group established under paragraph (1).
    (d) Reports.--
            (1) Preliminary assessment of potential barriers.--Not 
        later 120 days after the date on which the interagency working 
        group is established pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the 
        Commission and the Secretary concerned shall jointly submit a 
        report to the appropriate committees of Congress with a 
        preliminary assessment of any potential barriers to sharing the 
        information described under subsection (b)(2).
            (2) Assessments.--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
        which the Commission provides the information described under 
        subsection (b)(2) to the Department concerned, the Commission 
        and the Secretary concerned shall jointly submit a report to 
        the appropriate committees of Congress with--
                    (A) an assessment of the effectiveness of a user's 
                ability to locate broadband infrastructure on covered 
                land in an area to be determined as unserved by the 
                Commission on the basis of the maps created under 
                section 802(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
                U.S.C. 642(c)); and
                    (B) an assessment of whether the Department 
                concerned prioritized the review of applications for a 
                communications use authorization in an area to be 
                determined as unserved by the Commission on the basis 
                of the maps created under such section.

SEC. 224. FEDERAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT TRACKING.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report containing the elements 
described in subsection (b).
    (b) Elements Described.--The elements described in this subsection 
are the following:
            (1) A plan describing how the Assistant Secretary will 
        track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 299 
        submitted to the Secretary concerned by a requesting party.
            (2) A description of how the Assistant Secretary would most 
        expeditiously implement the plan described in paragraph (1).
            (3) A description of how the Assistant Secretary may 
        increase transparency to a requesting party on the status of a 
        Form 299 received by the Secretary concerned.
            (4) A description of any barriers the Assistant Secretary 
        determines could delay the implementation of the plan described 
        in paragraph (1).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                House of Representatives;
                    (B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation of the Senate;
                    (C) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (D) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
                Forestry of the Senate.
            (2) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
        and Information.
            (3) Form 299.--The term ``Form 299'' means the form 
        developed pursuant to section 6409(b)(2)(A) of the Middle Class 
        Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 
        1455(b)(2)(A)), or any successor form.
            (4) National forest system.--The term ``National Forest 
        System'' has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the 
        Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 
        (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).
            (5) Public land.--The term ``public land'' means land under 
        the management of--
                    (A) the Bureau of Land Management;
                    (B) the National Park Service;
                    (C) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or
                    (D) the Bureau of Reclamation.
            (6) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to 
                public land; and
                    (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to 
                National Forest System land.
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