Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that with respect to any study required to be conducted by the Federal Communications Commission, or any entity regulated by the Commission under the Federal Communications Act of 1934, under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 or division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code (formerly known as the National Historic Preservation Act), for the provision of broadband infrastructure, the area to be studied should be limited to the area of impact.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the area to be studied in environmental or historic reviews of broadband infrastructure should be limited to the area of impact.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 701 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 701

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that with respect 
  to any study required to be conducted by the Federal Communications 
Commission, or any entity regulated by the Commission under the Federal 
Communications Act of 1934, under the National Environmental Policy Act 
 of 1969 or division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code 
  (formerly known as the National Historic Preservation Act), for the 
provision of broadband infrastructure, the area to be studied should be 
                     limited to the area of impact.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2018

 Mr. Flores submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that with respect 
  to any study required to be conducted by the Federal Communications 
Commission, or any entity regulated by the Commission under the Federal 
Communications Act of 1934, under the National Environmental Policy Act 
 of 1969 or division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code 
  (formerly known as the National Historic Preservation Act), for the 
provision of broadband infrastructure, the area to be studied should be 
                     limited to the area of impact.

Whereas environmental and historic reviews for broadband infrastructure cover 
        larger swaths of land than needed to provision broadband service and 
        networks;
Whereas environmental and historic reviews add significant time and costs to the 
        deployment of broadband networks;
Whereas overbroad environmental and historic reviews create permitting delays 
        and unnecessarily burden Federal land management agency resources;
Whereas making environmental and historic reviews proportional to the amount of 
        Federal lands occupied for broadband deployment will benefit agency 
        permit issuers by proportionally reducing applications and streamlining 
        permit review process time; and
Whereas environmental and historic reviews should be narrowly tailored to lands 
        that are physically impacted: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
with respect to any study required to be conducted by the Federal 
Communications Commission, or any entity regulated by the Commission 
under the Federal Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), 
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 
(formerly known as the National Historic Preservation Act), for the 
provision of broadband infrastructure, the area to be studied should be 
limited to the area of impact.
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