US Congress House Bill 7349 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on June 25 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Pending: House Conservation and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]

Rep. David Kustoff [R-TN]

Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2020-08-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
2020-06-25	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.
2020-06-25	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.
2020-06-25	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7349/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7349/BILLS-116hr7349ih.pdf