Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1043 To provide that an eligible facilities request under section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preserva- tion reviews. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 15, 2021 Mr. CARTER of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com- mittee 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 A BILL To provide that an eligible facilities request under section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews. 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 ‘‘Proportional Reviews 4 for Broadband Deployment Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:45 Mar 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1043.IH H1043 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1043 IH SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO WIRELESS 1 FACILITIES DEPLOYMENT. 2 Section 6409(a)(3) of the Middle Class Tax Relief 3 and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(a)(3)) is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF NEPA; NHPA.— 6 ‘‘(A) NEPA EXEMPTION.—An eligible fa- 7 cilities request shall not be subject to the re- 8 quirements of section 102(2)(C) of the National 9 Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 10 4332(2)(C)). 11 ‘‘(B) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION 12 ACT EXEMPTION.—An eligible facilities request 13 shall not be considered an undertaking under 14 section 300320 of title 54, United States 15 Code.’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:45 Mar 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1043.IH H1043 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS