US Congress House Bill 2611 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on May 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-06-18 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of the Treasury to establish separate special accounts for the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Reclamation (the federal land management agencies) for the deposit of rental fees received by such agencies for communications use authorizations on federal lands that are granted, issued, or executed by them. A "communication use authorization" is defined as a right-of-way, permit, or lease granted, issued, or executed by a federal land management agency for the primary purpose of authorizing the occupancy and use of federal lands for communications use. The rental fees received by each federal land management agency shall be deposited in its special account, and remain available for expenditure for agency activities related to communications sites (those areas of federal lands designated for telecommunications uses). The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out activities related to communications sites.

Public Lands Telecommunications Act

Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-18	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-06-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2019-05-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
2019-05-09	House	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.
2019-05-09	House	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.
2019-05-09	House	Introduced in House

HB2 (Related) 2020-07-20 - Received in the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2611/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2611/BILLS-116hr2611ih.pdf