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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 866 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require executive agencies to take steps to better meet the statutory |
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| 6 | 6 | | deadline for processing communications use applications, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH5, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. T |
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| 11 | 11 | | HUNE(for himself, Mr. LUJA´N, and Mr. BARRASSO) introduced the fol- |
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| 12 | 12 | | lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on |
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| 13 | 13 | | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require executive agencies to take steps to better meet |
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| 16 | 16 | | the statutory deadline for processing communications use |
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| 17 | 17 | | applications, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accelerating 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Broadband Permits Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •S 866 IS |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. TRACKING AND IMPROVING PROCESSING TIMES 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | FOR COMMUNICATIONS USE APPLICATIONS. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 6409(b)(3) of the Middle Class Tax Relief 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(3)) is 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(E) T |
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| 32 | 32 | | RACKING AND IMPROVING PROC -6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ESSING TIMES.— 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(i) D |
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| 35 | 35 | | ATA CONTROLS.—An executive 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | agency shall develop controls to ensure 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | that data is sufficiently accurate and com-10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | plete to track the processing time for each 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | application described in subparagraph (A). 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(ii) R |
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| 41 | 41 | | EQUIREMENT TO ANALYZE , AD-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | DRESS, AND REPORT ON DELAY FAC -14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | TORS.—With respect to the factors that 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | contribute to delays in processing applica-16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | tions described in subparagraph (A), an 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | executive agency shall— 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(I) analyze the factors as the 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | delays are occurring; 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(II) take actions to address the 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | factors; and 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(III) provide an annual report 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | on the factors to— 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | •S 866 IS |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(aa) the Committee on 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Commerce, Science, and Trans-2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | portation of the Senate; 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(bb) the Committee on En-4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ergy and Natural Resources of 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | the Senate; 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(cc) the Committee on En-7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ergy and Commerce of the House 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | of Representatives; 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(dd) the Committee on 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Natural Resources of the House 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | of Representatives; and 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(ee) each committee of 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Congress with jurisdiction over 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | the executive agency. 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(iii) M |
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| 72 | 72 | | ETHOD FOR ALERTING STAFF 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | TO AT-RISK APPLICATIONS.—An executive 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | agency shall establish a method to alert 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | employees of the executive agency to any 19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | application described in subparagraph (A) 20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | with respect to which the executive agency 21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | is at risk of failing to meet the 270-day 22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | deadline under that subparagraph.’’. 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | •S 866 IS |
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| 83 | 83 | | SEC. 3. MINIMUM BROADBAND PROJECT COST. 1 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 2 |
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| 85 | 85 | | 4370m(6)(A)) is amended— 3 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 4 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (2) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); 5 |
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| 88 | 88 | | and 6 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 7 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(iv)(I) is subject to NEPA; 8 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘(II) involves the construction of in-9 |
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| 92 | 92 | | frastructure for broadband; and 10 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ‘‘(III) is likely to require a total in-11 |
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| 94 | 94 | | vestment of more than $5,000,000; or’’. 12 |
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