Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act

Bill: 115-hr-4847
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Geography and mapping
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, for public lands, and the Department of Agriculture, for National Forest System lands, to issue regulations to: (1) streamline the process for the consideration of applications to locate or modify communications facilities on such lands; and (2) require that such applications be considered and granted on a neutral and non-discriminatory basis. 
 
The bill amends the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to require executive agencies to grant or deny within 270 days applications for an easement or right-of-way on federal property to install, construct, and maintain wireless service antenna structures and equipment and backhaul transmission equipment. 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report on:
 
 
how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ensures that the broadband data collected for the National Broadband Map is accurate, complete, and reliable;
 
the extent to which federal agencies or other entities authorized to distribute federal grants or loans for broadband projects rely on such data;
 
FCC actions to address the limitations on using such data for policy or funding decisions;
 
the extent to which interested parties have challenged the accuracy of information on the map; and 
 
whether the FCC should collect such data from additional or alternative commercial sources. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House