[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2577. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to 
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in 
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and 
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXPEDITED PERMITTING AUTHORITY FOR BROADBAND 
                   DEPLOYMENT ON FEDERAL LAND.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means land 
     owned by the Federal Government.
       (2) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
     means the Secretary of the department that administers the 
     Federal land on which a project described in subsection (b) 
     is carried out.
       (b) Expedited Permitting Authority.--The Secretary 
     concerned shall expedite the approval of permits for a 
     project for the deployment of broadband infrastructure on 
     highway or road rights-of-way, easements, or other licensed 
     or permitted access points on Federal land, including by 
     waiving any applicable requirements for the approval of those 
     permits, as the Secretary concerned determines to be 
     appropriate.
       (c) Requirements.--
       (1) Management.--The holder of a permit described in 
     subsection (b) shall be responsible for the management and 
     oversight of a project described in that subsection.
       (2) Right-of-way.--A project described in subsection (b) 
     shall be carried out in accordance with requirements of the 
     applicable right-of-way, except that a reclamation bond shall 
     not be required for the project.
       (d) Termination of Authority.--The authority provided by 
     this section shall terminate effective July 1, 2021.
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