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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2289 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide that an eligible facilities request under section 6409(a) of the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 is not subject |
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| 7 | 7 | | to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preserva- |
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| 8 | 8 | | tion reviews. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH24, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ARTERof Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 13 | 13 | | the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com- |
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| 14 | 14 | | mittee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined |
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| 15 | 15 | | by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall |
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| 16 | 16 | | within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To provide that an eligible facilities request under section |
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| 19 | 19 | | 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act of 2012 is not subject to requirements to prepare |
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| 21 | 21 | | certain environmental or historical preservation reviews. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Proportional Reviews 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | for Broadband Deployment Act’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 2289 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO WIRELESS 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | FACILITIES DEPLOYMENT. 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 6409(a)(3) of the Middle Class Tax Relief 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(a)(3)) is 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | amended to read as follows: 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 36 | 36 | | PPLICATION OF NEPA; NHPA.— 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(A) NEPA |
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| 38 | 38 | | EXEMPTION.—A Federal au-7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | thorization with respect to an eligible facilities 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | request may not be considered a major Federal 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | action under section 102(2)(C) of the National 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 4332(2)(C)). 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(B) N |
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| 45 | 45 | | ATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ACT EXEMPTION.—An eligible facilities request 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | may not be considered an undertaking under 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | section 300320 of title 54, United States Code. 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(C) F |
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| 50 | 50 | | EDERAL AUTHORIZATION DE -17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘Federal 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | authorization’— 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(i) means any authorization required 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | under Federal law with respect to an eligi-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ble facilities request; and 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(ii) includes any permits, special use 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | authorizations, certifications, opinions, or 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | other approvals as may be required under 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •HR 2289 IH |
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| 62 | 62 | | Federal law with respect to an eligible fa-1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | cilities request.’’. 2 |
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