To provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Technology, Civil Rights.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HD091454A10774ACAA497BF1BF916AB5B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act.
- Section H0D8FAAE391214A80AF9340B81630CEFC: 2. Application of NEPA and NHPA to covered communications projects A Federal authorization with respect to a covered project may not be considered a major...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Technology, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Bentz introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a project that— is to be carried out entirely within an area for which the President, the Governor of a State, or the Chief Executive of an Indian tribal government has declared a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire
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