3.0.0 2645 2022-11-01T03:47:35Z 2022-11-01T03:47:35Z Senate S 2019-10-17 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-10-17T21:04:52Z Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2019 116 4741 HR 2019-11-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Related bill CRS Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act 116 7373 HR 2020-06-25 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. Related bill CRS 2019-10-17 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2019-10-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2019-10-17 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2019-10-17 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2020-09-22 False Science, Technology, Communications Disaster relief and insurance Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Historic sites and heritage areas Licensing and registrations Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-10-17 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-10T15:55:31Z Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2019

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to exempt projects that replace or make improvements to communications facilities following a major disaster or presidentially declared emergency from certain environmental or historic preservation review requirements. Specifically, the bill exempts such projects from any requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. Such projects are also exempt from considerations about the effect they will have on any historic property.

]]> Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2019 Display Title Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prove that the Federal Communications Commission and communications service providers regulated by the Commission under the Communications Act of 1934 shall not be subject to certain provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Historic Preservation Act with respect to the construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency declared by the President, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2645is/xml/BILLS-116s2645is.xml 2019-10-17 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.