119-hr1975

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1975 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1975

 To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require States 
 and political subdivisions of States to streamline certain fees 
 relating to broadband infrastructure in order to receive grant funds 
 under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 10, 2025

 Mr. Allen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require States 
 and political subdivisions of States to streamline certain fees 
 relating to broadband infrastructure in order to receive grant funds 
 under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, 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 the ``Broadband Expansion And Deployment 
Fee Equity and Efficiency Act of 2025'' or the ``BEAD FEE Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. STREAMLINING OF CERTAIN FEES RELATING TO BROADBAND 
 INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE GRANT FUNDS UNDER BEAD 
 PROGRAM.

 

Section 60102

    (e) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 
U.S.C. 1702

    (e) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (5) Streamlining of certain fees relating to broadband 
 infrastructure required.--After the date of the enactment of 
 this paragraph, the Assistant Secretary may not make available 
 to an eligible entity grant funds under this section (except 
 for grant funds under paragraph

    (1)
            (C) ) if the eligible entity, 
 or any political subdivision of the eligible entity, charges a 
 fee to consider a request for authorization to place, 
 construct, or modify infrastructure for the provision of 
 broadband service, or a fee for use of a right-of-way or 
 infrastructure in a right-of-way owned or managed by the entity 
 or political subdivision for the placement, construction, or 
 modification of infrastructure for the provision of broadband 
 service, unless such fee is--
 ``
        (A) competitively neutral, technology neutral, 
 and nondiscriminatory;
 ``
        (B) publicly disclosed;
 ``
            (C) calculated--
 ``
            (i) based on actual and direct costs, 
 such as costs for--
 ``
            (I) review and processing of 
 requests; and
 ``
            (II) repairs and replacement of--
 ``

    (aa) components and 
 materials resulting from and 
 affected by the placement, 
 construction, or modification 
 (including the installation or 
 improvement) of infrastructure 
 for the provision of broadband 
 service; or
 ``

    (bb) equipment that 
 facilitates the placement, 
 construction, or modification 
 (including the installation or 
 improvement) of such 
 infrastructure; and
 ``
            (ii) using, for purposes of clause
            (i) , 
 only costs that are objectively reasonable; and
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            (D) described to a requesting party in a manner 
 that distinguishes between--
 ``
            (i) nonrecurring fees and recurring fees; 
 and
 ``
            (ii) the use of infrastructure on which 
 infrastructure for the provision of broadband 
 service is already located and infrastructure 
 on which there is no infrastructure for the 
 provision of broadband service as of the date 
 on which the request is received by the 
 eligible entity or political subdivision.''.
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