H.R. 1141 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1141 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 18, 2021Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To provide that a project for the collocation of a telecommunications service facility is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act. 2. Application of NEPA and NHPA to collocation of telecommunications service facilities (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) Definitions In this section: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. (2) Covered project The term covered project means a project— (A) for the placement, construction, or modification of a telecommunications service facility in or on eligible support infrastructure; and (B) for which a permit, license, or approval from the Commission is required or that is otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. (3) Eligible support infrastructure The term eligible support infrastructure means infrastructure that supports or houses a facility for communication by wire (or is designed to and capable of supporting or housing such a facility) at the time when a complete request to a State or local government or instrumentality thereof for authorization to place, construct, or modify a telecommunications service facility in or on the infrastructure is received by the government or instrumentality. (4) State The term State means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the territories and possessions of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. (5) Telecommunications service The term telecommunications service has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). (6) Telecommunications service facility The term telecommunications service facility means a facility for the provision of any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.