#aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #cbic  ,,an ,,act  ,to require the  
,assistant ,secretary of ,commerce for  
,communications and ,information to     
establish an interagency strike force to
 ensure that certain ,federal land      
management agencies1 including the      
organizational units of such agencies1  
prioritize the review of requests for   
communications use authorizations1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,expediting ,federal ,broadband         
,deployment ,reviews ,act4  #b4         
,establishment of interagency strike    
force  7a7 ,interagency strike force    
7#a7 ,establishment ,not later than #ahj
 days after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,assistant ,secretary   
shall establish an interagency strike   
force to ensure that each ,federal land 
management agency1 including each       
organizational unit of the agency1      
prioritizes the review of requests for  
communications use authorizations4  7#b7

 ,members ,the strike force shall be    
composed of-- 7,a7 the ,assistant       
,secretary2  7,b7 the head of each      
,federal land management agency2  7,c7 a
 designee of the ,secretary of          
,agriculture1 other than the ,chief of  
the ,forest ,service2 and  7,d7 a       
designee of the ,secretary of the       
,interior1 other than the ,director of  
the ,bureau of ,land ,management4  7#c7 
,duties ,the duties of the strike force 
shall include--  7,a7 conducting        
periodic calls between the members of   
the strike force to ensure that each    
,federal land management agency1        
including each organizational unit of   
the agency1 prioritizes the review of   
requests for communications use         
authorizations2  7,b7 establishing      
objective and reasonable goals for the  
review of requests for communications   
use authorizations2 and  7,c7           
monitoring1 and facilitating the        
accountability of1 each ,federal land   
management agency1 including each       

organizational unit of the agency1 with 
respect to meeting such goals4  7#d7    
,report to ,congress ,not later than    
#bgj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,assistant  
,secretary shall submit to the          
appropriate congressional committees a  
report on the effectiveness of the      
strike force in ensuring that each      
,federal land management agency1        
including each organizational unit of   
the agency1 prioritizes the review of   
requests for communications use         
authorizations4  7b7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate         
congressional committees ,the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means--  7,a7 the ,committee on ,energy 
and ,commerce of the ,house of          
,representatives2  7,b7 the ,committee  
on ,natural ,resources of the ,house of 
,representatives2  7,c7 the ,committee  
on ,commerce1 ,science1 and             
,transportation of the ,senate2  7,d7   
the ,committee on ,environment and      

,public ,works of the ,senate2  7,e7 the
 ,committee on ,agriculture of the      
,house of ,representatives2 and  7,f7   
the ,committee on ,agriculture1         
,nutrition1 and ,forestry of the        
,senate4  7#b7 ,assistant ,secretary    
,the term ,assistant ,secretary means   
the ,assistant ,secretary of ,commerce  
for ,communications and ,information4   
7#c7 ,communications facility ,the term 
communications facility has the meaning 
given the term communications facility  
installation in section #fdji7;d7 of the
 ,middle ,class ,tax ,relief and ,job   
,creation ,act of #bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4  
#adee7;d774  7#d7 ,communications use   
,the term communications use means the  
placement and operation of a            
communications facility4  7#e7          
,communications use authorization ,the  
term communications use authorization   
means an easement1 right-of-way1 lease1 
license1 or other authorization--  7,a7 
provided by a ,federal land management  
agency2  7,b7 to locate or modify a     

communications facility on covered land2
 and  7,c7 for the primary purpose of   
authorizing the occupancy and use of    
such land for communications use4  7#f7 
,covered land ,the term covered land    
means--  7,a7 public lands2 and  7,b7   
,national ,forest ,system land4  7#g7   
,federal land management agency ,the    
term ,federal land management agency    
means each of the following3 7,a7 ,the  
,bureau of ,land ,management4  7,b7 ,the
 ,forest ,service4  7#h7 ,national      
,forest ,system ,the term ,national     
,forest ,system has the meaning given   
that term in section #aa7;a7 of the     
,forest and ,rangeland ,renewable       
,resources ,planning ,act of #aigd 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #afji7;a774  7#i7             
,organizational unit ,the term          
organizational unit means-- 7,a7 with   
respect to the ,bureau of ,land         
,management--  7i7 a ,state office2     
7ii7 a regional office2  7iii7 a        
district office2 or  7iv7 a field       
office2 and  7,b7 with respect to the   

,forest ,service-- 7i7 a regional       
office2  7ii7 a management unit2 or     
7iii7 a ranger district office4  7#aj7  
,public lands ,the term public lands has
 the meaning given that term in section 
#ajc of the ,federal ,land ,policy and  
,management ,act of #aigf 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4
 #agjb74  7#aa7 ,strike force ,the term 
strike force means the interagency      
strike force established under          
subsection 7a77#a74  ,passed the ,house 
of ,representatives ,december #af1      
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