3.0.0 1988 2023-01-11T13:38:15Z 2023-01-11T13:38:15Z Senate S 2017-10-19 115 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-19T20:40:00Z Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2018 115 4842 HR 2018-01-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Related bill CRS 2017-10-19 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2017-10-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2017-10-19 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2017-11-07 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2018-03-20 False Science, Technology, Communications Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Government studies and investigations Infrastructure development Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2017-10-19 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-02T14:11:15Z Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2017 or the SPEED Act

This bill exempts certain broadband infrastructure project actions, including granting a covered easement, placement and installation of a small wireless facility, and placement and installation of a wireless service facility located in an existing public right-of-way, from environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report about challenges to and administrative delays in efficiently siting communications facility installations on federal land, and to provide recommendations for how Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can address such challenges and reduce delays identified in the report.

The FCC Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee's Streamlining Federal Siting Working Group must submit a report analyzing the challenges to and administrative delays in efficiently siting communications facility installations on federal land, including whether it is necessary to develop: (1) standard procedures for communications facility installation siting, (2) methods that federal agencies may use to identify and report on coverage gaps and deficiencies in communications facility installation siting, and (3) procedures for creating and maintaining a publicly accessible inventory of space that can be used to attach or install communications facility installations.

]]> SPEED Act Display Title SPEED Act Short Titles as Introduced SPEED Act Short Titles as Introduced Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to streamline broadband infrastructure permitting on established public rights-of-way, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1988is/xml/BILLS-115s1988is.xml 2017-10-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.