,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjag,mr4  
,huffman introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on ,agriculture1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
support the establishment and           
improvement of communications sites on  
or adjacent to ,federal lands under the 
jurisdiction of the ,secretary of the   
,interior or the ,secretary of          
,agriculture through the retention and  
use of rental fees associated with such 
sites1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,public ,lands ,telecommunications  
,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  
7#a7 ,communications site ,the term     
communications site means an area of    

,federal lands designated for           
telecommunications uses4  7#b7          
,communications use ,the term           
communications use means the placement  
and operation of infrastructure for     
wireline or wireless telecommunications1
 regardless of whether the use of radio 
frequencies by such telecommunications  
is pursuant to a license issued by the  
,federal ,communications ,commission or 
on an unlicensed basis in accordance    
with the regulations of the ,commission4
 ,the term includes ancillary activities
 directly related to such placement and 
operation4  7#c7 ,communications use    
authorization ,the term communications  
use authorization means a right-of-way1 
permit1 or lease granted1 issued1 or    
executed by a ,federal land management  
agency for the primary purpose of       
authorizing the occupancy and use of    
,federal lands for communications use4  
7#d7 ,federal land management agency    
,the term ,federal land management      
agency means the ,national ,park        

,service1 the ,united ,states ,fish and 
,wildlife ,service1 the ,bureau of ,land
 ,management1 the ,bureau of            
,reclamation1 and the ,forest ,service4 
7#e7 ,federal lands ,the term ,federal  
lands means lands under the jurisdiction
 and management of a ,federal land      
management agency4  7#f7 ,rental fee    
,the term rental fee means the fee      
collected by a ,federal land management 
agency for the occupancy and use        
authorized by a communications use      
authorization pursuant to and consistent
 with authorizing law4  #c4 ,retention  
of rental fees associated with          
communications use authorizations on    
,federal lands and ,federal land        
management agency support for           
communication site programs  7a7        
,special account required ,the          
,secretary of the ,treasury shall       
establish a special account in the      
,treasury for each ,federal land        
management agency for the deposit of    
rental fees received by a ,federal land 

management agency for communications use
 authorizations on ,federal lands       
granted1 issued1 or executed by the     
,federal land management agency4  7b7   
,deposit and ,retention of rental fees  
,rental fees received by a ,federal land
 management agency shall-- 7#a7 be      
deposited in the special account        
established for that ,federal land      
management agency2 and  7#b7 remain     
available for expenditure under         
subsection 7c71 to the extent and in    
such amounts as are provided in advance 
in appropriation ,acts4  7c7            
,expenditure of retained fees ,amounts  
deposited in the special account for a  
,federal land management agency shall be
 used for ,federal land management      
agency activities related to            
communications sites1 including the     
following3  7#a7 ,administering         
communications use authorizations1      
including cooperative agreements under  
section #d4  7#b7 ,preparing needs      
assessments or other programmatic       

analyses necessary to designate         
communications sites and authorize      
communications uses on or adjacent to   
,federal lands4  7#c7 ,developing       
management plans for communications     
sites on or adjacent to ,federal lands4 
7#d7 ,training for management of        
communications sites on or adjacent to  
,federal lands4  7#e7 ,obtaining or     
improving access to communications sites
 on or adjacent to ,federal lands4  7d7 
,no effect on other fee retention       
authorities ,this ,act shall not limit  
or otherwise affect fee retention by a  
,federal land management agency under   
any other authority4  #d4 ,cooperative  
agreement authority  7a7 ,department of 
the interior ,the ,secretary of the     
,interior may enter into cooperative    
agreements to carry out the activities  
described in section #c7;c74  7b7       
,forest service ,the ,secretary of      
,agriculture1 acting through the ,chief 
of the ,forest ,service1 may enter into 
cooperative agreements to carry out the 

activities described in section #c7;c74