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House Bill 1038
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Feb 15, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Feb 15, 2021
Latest Action
Mar 18, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1038
Congress
117
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
Kelly Armstrong
North Dakota
Republican
Virginia Foxx
North Carolina
Republican
John Curtis
Utah
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
February 15, 2021
Related Bills (1)
May 20, 2021
Introduced in House
8
Sponsorship
House Bill 3370
Broadband Permitting Modernization Act
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (4)
03/18/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
03/15/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
02/15/2021
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.
02/15/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:47:24 PM
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