3.0.0 1699 2022-11-01T06:17:27Z 2022-11-01T06:17:27Z Senate S 2019-06-03 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-03T20:23:03Z 2019-06-03 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S3167-3168) IntroReferral 2019-06-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-06-03 True Science, Technology, Communications Government studies and investigations Infrastructure development Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Licensing and registrations State and local government operations Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-06-03 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-22T16:58:46Z Streamlining The Rapid Evolution And Modernization of Leading-edge Infrastructure Necessary to Enhance Small Cell Deployment Act or the STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act

This bill establishes standards for reviewing broadband infrastructure siting applications, taking into account inherent challenges to smaller municipalities.

Specifically, the bill requires that regulation of the placement, construction, or modification of small personal wireless service facilities by any state or local government not be unreasonably discriminatory among providers of the same service using comparable equipment. Accordingly, a state or local government must base its permitting decision on publicly-available criteria that are reasonable, objective, and non-discriminatory.

Additionally, the bill requires action be taken on applications within a specific time frame based on the type of request, provides time frame flexibility for small municipalities, and allows the Federal Communications Commission to grant a waiver of such time frames. A state or local government may also charge a fee to consider an application if the fee is (1) competitively neutral, technology neutral, and nondiscriminatory; (2) publicly disclosed; and (3) based on actual and direct costs.

The Government Accountability Office shall study and report on deployment of broadband infrastructure on tribal land or near trust land.

]]> STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act Display Title STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act Short Title(s) as Introduced STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Streamlining The Rapid Evolution And Modernization of Leading-edge Infrastructure Necessary to Enhance Small Cell Deployment Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to streamline siting processes for small cell deployment. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1699is/xml/BILLS-116s1699is.xml 2019-06-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S3167-3168) 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.