Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 25, 2020)
Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to report to Congress on communications use authorizations (i.e., authorizations to modify or locate communications facilities on public lands).
Specifically, Interior and USDA must (1) provide an assessment on programmatic or administrative barriers to reviewing communications use authorizations, (2) provide an assessment of whether there are rules or regulations that could be revised to improve the efficiency of reviewing communications use authorizations, (3) describe the process for prioritizing the review of communications use authorizations, and (4) provide a plan to ensure adequate staffing to review communications use authorizations in a timely manner.
What just happenedSep 11, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 25, 2020
- Sep 11, 2020Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Forestry Subcommittee - Aug 5, 2020Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Federal Lands Subcommittee - Jun 25, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Agriculture Committee - Jun 25, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Natural Resources Committee - Jun 25, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House