Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2012
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-06-27
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

State and local government operations

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill nullifies rules issued by the Federal Communications Commission that revoke state and local authority to regulate telecommunications equipment deployment and to determine the amount of payment for the use of such equipment. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2012 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 27, 2019 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Schumer , Ms. Harris , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Cardin , and Mr. Blumenthal ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To provide that certain regulatory actions by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Local Control Over Public Infrastructure Act of 2019 . 2. Definition In this Act, the term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. 3. Preservation of rights of State and local governments The following regulatory actions of the Commission shall have no force or effect: (1) The Declaratory Ruling in the Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling in the matter of Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment and Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment adopted by the Commission on August 2, 2018 (FCC 18–111). (2) The Declaratory Ruling and Third Report and Order in the matter of Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment and Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment adopted by the Commission on September 26, 2018 (FCC 18–133). (3) The rule adopted by the Commission entitled Accelerating Wireless and Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment (83 Fed. Reg. 51867 (October 15, 2018)).