Title: RAPID Act
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Reducing Antiquated Permitting for Infrastructure Deployments Act or the RAPID Act
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to determine when the activities of radio station licensees are not subject to review under the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2576 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2576

     To require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a 
proceeding to determine whether certain activities by licensees of the 
 Commission are undertakings under division A of subtitle III of title 
  54, United States Code, or major Federal actions under the National 
                   Environmental Policy Act of 1969.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 20, 2018

   Mr. Moran introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a 
proceeding to determine whether certain activities by licensees of the 
 Commission are undertakings under division A of subtitle III of title 
  54, United States Code, or major Federal actions under the National 
                   Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

    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 ``Reducing Antiquated Permitting for 
Infrastructure Deployments Act'' or the ``RAPID Act''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REGARDING 
              UNDERTAKINGS AND MAJOR FEDERAL ACTIONS.

    (a) Federal Communications Commission Determination.--
            (1) Definitions.--In this section--
                    (A) the term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
                Communications Commission; and
                    (B) the term ``radio station license'' has the 
                meaning given the term in section 3 of the 
                Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).
    (b) Proceeding Required.--Notwithstanding section 300320 of title 
54, United States Code, or section 102 of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332), not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall complete a 
proceeding to determine--
            (1) the classes of activities of the entities to which the 
        Commission issues radio station licenses that do not constitute 
        an undertaking under such section 300320; and
            (2) the classes of activities of the entities to which the 
        Commission issues radio station licenses that do not constitute 
        a major Federal action under paragraph (2)(C) of such section 
        102.
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