Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3291 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 MAY 15, 2023 Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 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 con- cerned 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 00:52 May 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3291.IH H3291 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3291 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.—A Federal au- 7 thorization with respect to an eligible facilities 8 request may not be considered a major Federal 9 action under section 102(2)(C) of the National 10 Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 11 4332(2)(C)). 12 ‘‘(B) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION 13 ACT EXEMPTION.—An eligible facilities request 14 may not be considered an undertaking under 15 section 300320 of title 54, United States Code. 16 ‘‘(C) FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION DE- 17 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘Federal 18 authorization’— 19 ‘‘(i) means any authorization required 20 under Federal law with respect to an eligi- 21 ble facilities request; and 22 ‘‘(ii) includes any permits, special use 23 authorizations, certifications, opinions, or 24 other approvals as may be required under 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 May 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3291.IH H3291 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3291 IH Federal law with respect to an eligible fa- 1 cilities request.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:52 May 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3291.IH H3291 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS