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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1541
To provide that a project for the collocation of a personal wireless service
facility is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental
or historical preservation reviews.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY24, 2025
Mr. R
ULLIintroduced 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide that a project for the collocation of a personal
wireless service facility is not subject to requirements
to prepare certain environmental or historical preserva-
tion 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 ‘‘Wireless Broadband 4
Competition and Efficient Deployment Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO COLLOCA-1
TION OF CERTAIN PERSONAL WIRELESS 2
SERVICE FACILITIES. 3
(a) NEPA E
XEMPTION.—A Federal authorization 4
with respect to a covered project may not be considered 5
a major Federal action under section 102(2)(C) of the Na-6
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 7
4332(2)(C)). 8
(b) N
ATIONALHISTORICPRESERVATIONACTEX-9
EMPTION.—A covered project may not be considered an 10
undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United 11
States Code. 12
(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
(1) C
OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 14
means the Federal Communications Commission. 15
(2) C
OVERED PROJECT .—The term ‘‘covered 16
project’’ means a project— 17
(A) for— 18
(i) the mounting or installation of an 19
eligible personal wireless service facility 20
with another eligible personal wireless serv-21
ice facility that exists at the time at which 22
a complete request for authorization of 23
such mounting or installation is filed with 24
a State or local government or instrumen-25
tality thereof or with an Indian Tribe; or 26
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(ii) the modification of an eligible per-1
sonal wireless service facility; and 2
(B) for which a permit, license, or approval 3
from the Commission is required or that is oth-4
erwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Com-5
mission. 6
(3) E
LIGIBLE PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE 7
FACILITY.—The term ‘‘eligible personal wireless 8
service facility’’ means any antenna, apparatus, or 9
transmitting device, and any equipment, switches, 10
wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabinets, 11
for the provision of a personal wireless service. 12
(4) F
EDERAL AUTHORIZATION .—The term 13
‘‘Federal authorization’’— 14
(A) means any authorization required 15
under Federal law with respect to a covered 16
project; and 17
(B) includes any permits, special use au-18
thorizations, certifications, opinions, or other 19
approvals as may be required under Federal law 20
with respect to a covered project. 21
(5) I
NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 22
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 23
under section 102 of the Federally Recognized In-24
dian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130). 25
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(6) PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICES .—The term 1
‘‘personal wireless services’’— 2
(A) has the meaning given such term in 3
section 332(c)(7)(C) of the Communications 4
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(7)(C)); and 5
(B) also includes commercial mobile data 6
service (as defined in section 6001 of the Mid-7
dle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 8
2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401)). 9
(7) S
TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each 10
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 11
and each territory or possession of the United 12
States. 13
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