119-hr5273

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5273 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5273

 To provide that a project for the collocation of a telecommunications 
 service facility is not subject to requirements to prepare certain 
 environmental or historical preservation reviews.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 10, 2025

 Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
 the Committee on Natural Resources, 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

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 A BILL

 To provide that a project for the collocation of a telecommunications 
 service facility is not subject to requirements to prepare certain 
 environmental or historical preservation reviews.

 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 Competition and Efficient 
Deployment Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO COLLOCATION OF 
 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE FACILITIES.

    (a) NEPA Exemption.--A Federal authorization with respect to a 
covered project may not be considered a major Federal action under 

section 102

    (2)
            (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332

    (2)
            (C) ).

    (b) National Historic Preservation Act Exemption.--A covered 
project may not be considered an undertaking under 

section 300320 of 
title 54, United States Code.
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
 Communications Commission.

    (2) Covered project.--The term ``covered project'' means a 
 project--
        (A) for the placement, construction, or 
 modification of a telecommunications service facility 
 in or on eligible support infrastructure; and
        (B) for which a permit, license, or approval from 
 the Commission is required or that is otherwise subject 
 to the jurisdiction of the Commission.

    (3) Eligible support infrastructure.--The term ``eligible 
 support infrastructure'' means infrastructure that supports or 
 houses a facility for communication by wire (or is designed to 
 or capable of supporting or housing such a facility) at the 
 time when a complete request to a State or local government or 
 instrumentality thereof, or to an Indian Tribe, for 
 authorization to place, construct, or modify a 
 telecommunications service facility in or on the infrastructure 
 is received by the government, instrumentality, or Indian 
 Tribe.

    (4) Federal authorization.--The term ``Federal 
 authorization''--
        (A) means any authorization required under Federal 
 law with respect to a covered project; and
        (B) includes any permits, special use 
 authorizations, certifications, opinions, or other 
 approvals as may be required under Federal law with 
 respect to a covered project.

    (5) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
 meaning given the term ``Indian tribe'' under 

section 102 of 
 the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 
 U.S.C. 5130).

    (6) State.--The term ``State'' means each State of the 
 United States, the District of Columbia, and each territory or 
 possession of the United States.

    (7) Telecommunications service.--The term 
 ``telecommunications service'' has the meaning given such term 
 in 

section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).

    (8) Telecommunications service facility.--The term 
 ``telecommunications service facility''--
        (A) means a facility that is designed or used to 
 provide or facilitate the provision of any interstate 
 or intrastate telecommunications service; and
        (B) includes a facility described in subparagraph
        (A) that is used to provide other services.
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