,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjbc,mr4  
,dunn of ,florida 7for himself and ,mr4 
,bilirakis7 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
 replace or improve a communications    
facility following a major disaster or  
an emergency declared by the ,president 
is not subject to requirements to       
prepare certain environmental or        
historical preservation reviews1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,connecting   
,communities ,post ,disasters ,act of   
#bjbc4  #b4 ,application of ,,nepa and  
,,nhpa to covered communications        

projects  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 ,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#b7  
,covered project ,the term covered      
project means a project that-- 7,a7 is  
to be carried out within an area for    
which the ,president has declared a     
major disaster or an emergency under the
 ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief

 and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db   
,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq472  7,b7 is to be
 carried out not later than #e years    
after the date on which the ,president  
made such declaration2 and  7,c7        
replaces a communications facility      
damaged by such disaster or emergency or
 makes improvements to a communications 
facility in such area that could        
reasonably be considered as necessary   
for recovery from such disaster or      
emergency or to prevent or mitigate any 
future disaster or emergency4  7#c7     
,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