,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjbc,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 to
 remove and replace communications      
equipment or services listed under the  
,secure and ,trusted ,communications    
,networks ,act of #bjai is not subject  
to requirements to prepare certain      
environmental or historical preservation
 reviews4  #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            
communications equipment or services    
7a7 ,,nepa exemption ,a ,federal        
authorization with respect to a covered 
project may not be considered a major   
,federal action under section           
#ajb7b77;,c7 of the ,national           
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dccb7b77;,c774  7b7     
,national ,historic ,preservation ,act  
exemption ,a covered project may not be 
considered an undertaking under section 
#cjjcbj of title #ed1 ,united ,states   
,code4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this       
section3  7#a7 ,covered project ,the    
term covered project means a project to 
permanently remove covered              
communications equipment or services 7as
 defined in section #i of the ,secure   
and ,trusted ,communications ,networks  
,act of #bjai 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #afjh77 and
 to replace such covered communications 
equipment or services with              
communications equipment or services 7as
 defined in such section7 that are not  

covered communications equipment or     
services 7as so defined74  7#b7 ,federal
 authorization ,the term ,federal       
authorization--  7,a7 means any         
authorization required under ,federal   
law with respect to a covered project2  
and  7,b7 includes any permits1 special 
use authorizations1 certifications1     
opinions1 or other approvals as may be  
required under ,federal law with respect
 to a covered project4