,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjbc,mr4  
,armstrong 7for himself and ,ms4        
,velzquez7 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 direct the ,secretary of 
the ,interior and the ,secretary of     
,agriculture to develop a plan for      
providing the staffing necessary to     
ensure timely review of communications  
use authorizations1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,enhancing          
,administrative ,reviews for ,broadband 
,deployment ,act4  #b4 ,ensuring timely 
review of communications use            
authorizations  7a7 ,study and report   

7#a7 ,study ,the ,secretaries concerned 
shall each conduct1 with respect to the 
relevant covered department1 a study to 
determine-- 7,a7 if there are           
programmatic or administrative barriers 
to the timely review of requests for    
communications use authorizations2  7,b7
 if there are revisions to rules or     
regulations that could be implemented to
 improve efficiency with respect to     
reviewing requests for communications   
use authorizations2 and  7,c7 if there  
are processes for prioritizing the      
review of requests for communications   
use authorizations4  7#b7 ,report ,not  
later than #a year after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act1 the            
,secretaries concerned shall jointly    
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that-- 7,a7         
describes the results of the studies    
conducted under paragraph 7#a71         
including any barriers1 revisions1 or   
processes identified under subparagraphs
 7,a7 through 7,c7 of such paragraph2   

and  7,b7 includes a plan for providing1
 with respect to the organizational     
units of the relevant covered           
departments1 the staffing necessary to  
ensure timely review of 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 and     
7,d7 the ,committee on ,environment and 
,public ,works of the ,senate4  7#b7    
,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#c7 ,communications use   

,the term communications use means the  
placement and operation of a            
communications facility4  7#d7          
,communications use authorization ,the  
term communications use authorization   
means an easement1 right-of-way1 lease1 
license1 or other authorization-- 7,a7  
provided by the ,secretary of the       
,interior or the ,secretary of          
,agriculture2  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 covered land for communications    
use4  7#e7 ,covered land ,the term      
covered land means-- 7,a7 public lands2 
and  7,b7 ,national ,forest ,system     
land4  7#f7 ,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#g7  
,organizational unit ,the term          
organizational unit means-- 7,a7 with   

respect to the ,department of the       
,interior-- 7i7 a ,state office of the  
,bureau of ,land ,management2  7ii7 a   
regional office of the ,bureau of ,land 
,management2  7iii7 a district office of
 the ,bureau of ,land ,management2 or   
7iv7 a field office of the ,bureau of   
,land ,management2 and  7,b7 with       
respect to the ,department of           
,agriculture-- 7i7 a regional office of 
the ,forest ,service2  7ii7 a management
 unit of the ,forest ,service2 or  7iii7
 a ranger district office of the ,forest
 ,service4  7#h7 ,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#i7      
,relevant covered department ,the term  
relevant covered department means-- 7,a7
 with respect to the ,secretary of the  
,interior1 the ,department of the       
,interior2 and  7,b7 with respect to the
 ,secretary of ,agriculture1 the        
,department of ,agriculture4  7#aj7     

,secretaries concerned ,the term        
,secretaries concerned means-- 7,a7 the 
,secretary of the ,interior2 and  7,b7  
the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 acting  
through the ,chief of the ,forest       
,service4