[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 38. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States 
with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 4. ACCELERATED TIMELINE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR EASEMENTS 
                   AND LEASES TO INSTALL COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 
                   ON CERTAIN U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
                   PROPERTY.

       (a) In General.--Section 6409(b)(3) of the Middle Class Tax 
     Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(3)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Not later'' and 
     inserting ``Except as provided by subparagraph (E), not 
     later''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) Special rule for certain u.s. customs and border 
     protection property.--
       ``(i) In general.--In the case of an application for an 
     easement, right-of-way, or lease to, in, over, or on a 
     building or other property described in clause (ii), install, 
     construct, modify, or maintain a communications facility 
     installation--

       ``(I) the Secretary of Homeland Security shall grant or 
     deny the application not later than 120 days after receiving 
     the application; and
       ``(II) if the Secretary does not grant or deny the 
     application within the time required by subclause (I), the 
     regional official of U.S. Customs and Border Protection who 
     oversees the building or other property may grant or deny the 
     application.

       ``(ii) Property described.--A building or other property 
     described in this clause is a building or other property--

       ``(I) owned by the Department of Homeland Security and 
     operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and
       ``(II) located less than 100 miles from an international 
     land border of the United States.''.

       (b) Applicability.--Subparagraph (E) of section 6409(b)(3) 
     of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, 
     as added by subsection (a), applies with respect to 
     applications described in that subparagraph that are filed on 
     or after, or pending on, the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
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