To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a plan for ensuring timely review of communications use authorizations, and for other purposes.
Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to study and report on any barriers to and staffing needs for completing timely reviews of requests for communications use authorizations. (These are requests for easements, rights-of-way, leases, licenses, or other authorizations to locate or modify a transmitting device, support structure, or other communications facility on public lands or National Forest System land.)
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.
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-516, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-516, Part I.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 441.
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2352-2353)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5419.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2352)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2352)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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