Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act
- Last Action
- 5/19/2023
Actions
- 2023-05-19Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- 2023-05-15Referred 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 concerned.
- 2023-05-15Referred 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 concerned.
- 2023-05-15Introduced in House
- 2023-05-15Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-15 (00)
Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act
This bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review requirements projects to (1) mount or install certain personal wireless service facilities (i.e., antennas, transmitting devices, and related equipment for the provision of personal wireless service) with another personal wireless service facility that exists at the time a request for authorization for the mounting or installation is filed with a state or local government or an Indian tribe; or (2) modify a personal wireless service facility.
In particular, it specifies such projects are not considered major federal actions under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 or undertakings under the National Historic Preservation Act. This excludes the projects from relevant reviews that are required under those acts.
Subjects
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Telephone and wireless communication
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