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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 11 (Thursday, January 18, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SHIMKUS:H.R. 4842.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes.[Page H554]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2018</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to exempt&nbsp;certain broadband infrastructure project actions, including&nbsp;granting a covered easement, placement and installation of a communications facility, and replacement of a communications facility located in an existing public right-of-way,&nbsp;from environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. </p>]]></text>
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