3.0.0 1363 2023-01-11T13:37:37Z 2023-01-11T13:37:37Z Senate S 2017-06-15 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-15T14:55:37Z Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act 115 4847 HR 2018-02-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2017-06-15 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-06-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2017-06-15 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Geography and mapping Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations Rural conditions and development Telephone and wireless communication Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-06-15 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-27T16:09:25Z Rural 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 broadband facilities on such lands; and (2) require that such applications be considered and granted on a competitively and technologically neutral, 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.
]]> Rural Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act Display Title Rural Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to streamline the process for broadband facility location applications on Federal land, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rural Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act Introduced in Senate 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1363is/xml/BILLS-115s1363is.xml 2017-06-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.