H.R. 1049 · 117th Congress
To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to increase prioritization by the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture by senior management of the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture, or an organizational unit of reviews for communications use authorizations.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jeff Duncan
- Introduced
- 2021-02-15
- Latest action
- 2021-03-25 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Summary
Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to establish an interagency strike force to increase specified agencies' prioritization of reviews for communications use authorizations on federal property. A communications use authorization is an easement, right-of-way, lease, license, or other authorization to locate or modify a communications facility on certain public land.