,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjbj,mr4 
,guthrie introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition  
to the ,committee on ,natural           
,resources1 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 provide that a project   
eligible for reimbursement under the    
,secure and ,trusted ,communications    
,act of #bjai shall not constitute an   
undertaking under section #cjjcbj of    
title #ed1 ,united ,states ,code1 or a  
major ,federal action for the purposes  
of section #ajb7b77;,c7 of the ,national
 ,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,timely ,replacement ,under ,secure and 
,trusted for ,early and ,dependable     

,broadband ,networks ,act or the        
,,trusted ,broadband ,networks ,act4    
#b4 ,application of ,,nepa and ,,nhpa to
 covered equipment and services  7a7    
,covered project defined ,in this       
section1 the term covered project means 
a project for which the ,commission     
approves a reimbursement under section  
#d of the ,secure and ,trusted          
,communications ,networks ,act of #bjai 
7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #afjc74  7b7 ,,nepa      
categorical exclusion  7#a7 ,in general 
,a covered project shall be             
categorically excluded from the         
requirement to prepare an environmental 
assessment or an environmental impact   
statement under section #ajb of the     
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dccb74  7#b7     
,relation to extraordinary circumstances
 procedures ,the use of the categorical 
exclusion under paragraph 7#a7 shall not
 be considered to include extraordinary 
circumstances under section #bbj4f of   
title #cf1 ,code of ,federal            

,regulations1 or section #aejh4d of     
title #dj1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations 7or any successor to such  
regulations74  7c7 ,national ,historic  
,preservation ,act exemption ,a covered 
project shall not be considered an      
undertaking under section #cjjcbj of    
title #ed1 ,united ,states ,code4