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House Bill 7349
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 25, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jun 25, 2020
Latest Action
Sep 11, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
7349
Congress
116
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Bill Flores
Texas
Republican
Virginia Foxx
North Carolina
Republican
David Kustoff
Tennessee
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to report to Congress on communications use authorizations (i.e., authorizations to modify or locate communications facilities on public lands).

Specifically, Interior and USDA must (1) provide an assessment on programmatic or administrative barriers to reviewing communications use authorizations, (2) provide an assessment of whether there are rules or regulations that could be revised to improve the efficiency of reviewing communications use authorizations, (3) describe the process for prioritizing the review of communications use authorizations, and (4) provide a plan to ensure adequate staffing to review communications use authorizations in a timely manner.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
June 25, 2020
Actions (4)
09/11/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
08/05/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
06/25/2020
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
06/25/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:16:50 PM
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