[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5766]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2405. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for 
herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO COVERED 
                   COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES.

       (a) NEPA Exemption.--A covered project shall not be subject 
     to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the National 
     Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).
       (b) National Historic Preservation Act Exemption.--A 
     covered project shall not be considered an undertaking under 
     section 300320 of title 54, United States Code.
       (c) Covered Project Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered project'' means a project to permanently remove 
     covered communications equipment or services (as defined in 
     section 9 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
     Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608)) and to replace such covered 
     communications equipment or services with communications 
     equipment or services that are not covered communications 
     equipment or services (as so defined).
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