3.0.0 5147 2026-05-14T12:27:35Z 2026-05-14T12:27:35Z House H HR 2025-09-04 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5147 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 145 (Thursday, September 4, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LATTA:H.R. 5147.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18:The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shallbe necessary and proper for carrying into Executive theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.[Page H3862]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-09-04T13:00:10Z 2025-09-04 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2025-09-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-09-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000566 Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] Robert Latta R OH E. 5 N Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 2025-09-23T17:21:58Z 00 2025-09-04 Introduced in House 2026-05-14T12:27:23Z Winning the International Race for Economic Leadership and Expanding Service to Support Leadership Act or the WIRELESS Leadership Act

This bill imposes limits on state and local review and regulation of requests to construct wireless telecommunication facilities.

Specifically, states and localities must grant or deny requests to place, modify, or construct personal wireless service (PWS) facilities by a specified deadline. This deadline varies based on the nature of the request and the proposed facility. If a state or locality fails to act on a request within that timeframe, the request is deemed granted. On the day a decision to deny a request is made, the state or locality must publish the decision and provide it to the requesting party.

Further, the bill expands an existing prohibition on unreasonable discrimination in the regulation of such requests. Under the bill, any discrimination among PWS facilities or communications service providers is prohibited. For example, a state or locality may not grant preferential or exclusive use of facilities to a particular provider or class of providers. However, states and localities may establish objective, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory engineering standards, safety requirements, or aesthetic requirements.

Finally, the bill establishes requirements for fees imposed by states and localities for consideration of a request. For example, such fees must be (1) competitively neutral, technology neutral, and nondiscriminatory; (2) established in advance and publicly disclosed; and (3) based on actual and direct costs to the state or locality.

]]> WIRELESS Leadership Act Display Title 45 WIRELESS Leadership Act 2025-09-09T04:23:35Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 WIRELESS Leadership Act 2025-09-09T04:23:33Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Winning the International Race for Economic Leadership and Expanding Service to Support Leadership Act 2025-09-09T04:23:33Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to streamline siting processes for personal wireless service facilities, including small personal wireless service facilities, and for other purposes. 2025-09-09T04:18:34Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-09-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5147ih/xml/BILLS-119hr5147ih.xml 2025-09-04 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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.