Standard FEES Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1067 To streamline the process for consideration of applications for the placement of communications facilities on certain buildings and other property owned by the Federal Government, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 15, 2021 Mr. PALMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com- mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently deter- mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To streamline the process for consideration of applications for the placement of communications facilities on certain buildings and other property owned by the Federal Gov- ernment, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Standard Fees to Ex- 4 pedite Evaluation and Streamlining Act’’ or the ‘‘Stand- 5 ard FEES Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:10 Mar 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1067.IH H1067 2 •HR 1067 IH SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMON FEDERAL FEE 1 SCHEDULE. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6409 of the Middle Class 3 Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 4 1455) is amended— 5 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub- 6 section (e); and 7 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol- 8 lowing: 9 ‘‘(d) COMMON FEE SCHEDULE.— 10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 11 provision of law, the Administrator of General Serv- 12 ices shall establish a common fee schedule for the 13 processing of applications under subsections (b)(1) 14 and (c). 15 ‘‘(2) FEE GUIDELINES.—The application fees 16 established under paragraph (1) shall be— 17 ‘‘(A) based on direct and actual cost recov- 18 ery; and 19 ‘‘(B) competitively neutral with regard to 20 other users of the building or other property 21 owned by the Federal Government. 22 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The Administrator of Gen- 23 eral Services may establish competitively neutral ex- 24 ceptions to the fee amounts established under para- 25 graph (1)— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:10 Mar 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1067.IH H1067 3 •HR 1067 IH ‘‘(A) in consideration of the public benefit 1 provided by a grant of an easement, right-of- 2 way, or lease; and 3 ‘‘(B) in the interest of expanding wireless 4 and broadband coverage. 5 ‘‘(4) USE OF FEES COLLECTED.—Any fee col- 6 lected by an executive agency under this section 7 shall only be available to the extent, and in such 8 amounts, as are provided in advance in appropria- 9 tion Acts, to the agency to cover the costs of grant- 10 ing the easement, right-of-way, or lease.’’. 11 (b) DEADLINE.—The Administrator of General Serv- 12 ices shall establish the fee schedule required under section 13 6409(d) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation 14 Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(d)), as added by subsection 15 (a), not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 16 of this Act. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:10 Mar 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1067.IH H1067