Title: CLIMB ONCE Act
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Clearing Local Impediments Makes Broadband Open to New Competition and Enhancements or the CLIMB ONCE ActThis bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to recommend best practices for states implementing a one-touch-make-ready policy (i.e., a policy to reduce the time and cost of broadband equipment deployment on utility poles by allowing a single construction crew to make changes to multiple utility wires).

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2784 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2784

    To clarify section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934 as not 
limiting the ability of a State to adopt a one touch make ready policy 
             for pole attachments, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2019

  Ms. Eshoo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To clarify section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934 as not 
limiting the ability of a State to adopt a one touch make ready policy 
             for pole attachments, 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 ``Clearing Local Impediments Makes 
Broadband Open to New Competition and Enhancements'' or the ``CLIMB 
ONCE Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE ADOPTION OF ONE TOUCH MAKE READY POLICY FOR POLE 
              ATTACHMENTS.

    (a) Construction.--Nothing in section 224 of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 224) or the implementing rules of the Federal 
Communications Commission shall be construed to limit the ability of a 
State to adopt a one touch make ready policy with respect to pole 
attachments.
    (b) Development of Model Policy.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall publish 
recommendations on best practices, including a model policy, relating 
to the implementation of a one touch make ready policy by a State.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (2) One touch make ready policy.--The term ``one touch make 
        ready policy'' means, with respect to the addition or 
        modification of a pole attachment, regulations relating to the 
        activity undertaken in order to prepare the pole, duct, 
        conduit, or right-of-way for the addition of a new attachment 
        including the ability of an attacher to perform all make ready 
        work in a single trip to the pole and a requirement of the 
        designation by a pole owner or utility of a list of at least 
        two approved contractors for each pole, duct, conduit, or 
        right-of-way to perform all such activity.
            (3) Pole attachment; state; utility.--The terms ``pole 
        attachment'', ``State'', and ``utility'' have the meanings 
        given those terms in section 224(a) of the Communications Act 
        of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 224(a)).
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