Public Lands Telecommunications Act
- Last Action
- 6/18/2020
Actions
- 2020-06-18Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 2019-06-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- 2019-05-28Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- 2019-05-09Referred 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.
- 2019-05-09Referred 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.
- 2019-05-09Introduced in House
- 2019-05-09Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-05-09 (00)
Public Lands Telecommunications Act
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish separate special accounts for the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Reclamation (the federal land management agencies) for the deposit of rental fees received by such agencies for communications use authorizations on federal lands that are granted, issued, or executed by them. A "communication use authorization" is defined as a right-of-way, permit, or lease granted, issued, or executed by a federal land management agency for the primary purpose of authorizing the occupancy and use of federal lands for communications use.
The rental fees received by each federal land management agency shall
- be deposited in its special account, and
- remain available for expenditure for agency activities related to communications sites (those areas of federal lands designated for telecommunications uses).
The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out activities related to communications sites.
Cosponsors (6)
- ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
Subjects
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Interior
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government trust funds
- Land use and conservation
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Telephone and wireless communication
- User charges and fees
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