Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1141 To provide that a project for the collocation of a telecommunications service facility is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 18, 2021 Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania 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 a project for the collocation of a tele- communications service facility is not subject to require- ments 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 ‘‘Broadband Competi- 4 tion and Efficient Deployment Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:16 Mar 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1141.IH H1141 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1141 IH SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO COLLOCA- 1 TION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 2 FACILITIES. 3 (a) NEPA EXEMPTION.—A covered project shall not 4 be subject to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the 5 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 6 4332(2)(C)). 7 (b) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT EX- 8 EMPTION.—A covered project shall not be considered an 9 undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United 10 States Code. 11 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 12 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 13 means the Federal Communications Commission. 14 (2) COVERED PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 15 project’’ means a project— 16 (A) for the placement, construction, or 17 modification of a telecommunications service fa- 18 cility in or on eligible support infrastructure; 19 and 20 (B) for which a permit, license, or approval 21 from the Commission is required or that is oth- 22 erwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Com- 23 mission. 24 (3) ELIGIBLE SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE.— 25 The term ‘‘eligible support infrastructure’’ means in- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:16 Mar 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1141.IH H1141 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1141 IH frastructure that supports or houses a facility for 1 communication by wire (or is designed to and capa- 2 ble of supporting or housing such a facility) at the 3 time when a complete request to a State or local 4 government or instrumentality thereof for authoriza- 5 tion to place, construct, or modify a telecommuni- 6 cations service facility in or on the infrastructure is 7 received by the government or instrumentality. 8 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 9 States, the District of Columbia, the territories and 10 possessions of the United States, and each federally 11 recognized Indian Tribe. 12 (5) TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.—The 13 term ‘‘telecommunications service’’ has the meaning 14 given such term in section 3 of the Communications 15 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 16 (6) TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE FACIL- 17 ITY.—The term ‘‘telecommunications service 18 facility’’means a facility for the provision of any 19 interstate or intrastate telecommunications service. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:16 Mar 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1141.IH H1141 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS