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House Bill 3970
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 17, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jun 17, 2021
Latest Action
Jun 21, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3970
Congress
117
Policy Area
Science, Technology, Communications
Science, Technology, Communications
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
John Curtis
Utah
Democrat
Seth Moulton
Massachusetts
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act

This bill authorizes the granting of an occupancy license to any person who requests access to a right-of-way that is owned by the federal government in order to place, construct, modify, or operate facilities for the provision of broadband service.

Specifically, an executive agency with control over such a right-of-way may grant an occupancy license for the expansion of broadband service. An occupancy license may not have a duration of more than 30 years and may be automatically renewed. The granting agency must establish an annual license fee and make a decision regarding the issuance of the occupancy license within 60 days of receiving an application for a license. If the agency does not act on a request within 60 days, the application shall be considered granted.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
June 17, 2021
Related Bills (1)
Apr 14, 2021
Introduced in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 1113
Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
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Actions (3)
06/21/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
06/17/2021
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
06/17/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Dec 30, 2022 5:47:40 PM
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