HR6915-118

In Committee

To support the establishment and improvement of communications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands through the retention and use of rental fees associated with such sites, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jan 5, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To support the establishment and improvement of communications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands through the retention and use of rental fees associated with such sites, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Technology, Finance.

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 HC17F19EE6F81457E97490EA44EEE1B24: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Lands Telecommunications Act.
  • Section H3941AD6DF5754E639AE0CA1C8653EA95: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term communications site means an area of Federal lands designated or approved for communications use. The term communications...
  • Section HEAFB2D05C6FD49D391EAFC074A62D12C: 3. Collection and retention of rental fees associated with communications use authorizations on Federal lands and Federal land management agency support for...
  • Section H78D241BD40AF46F292376ECCFFF95C4E: 4. Cooperative agreement authority The Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out the activities described in section 3(e).
  • Section HDBBD5B0D3C2347D5B73DD9D6C82E04D6: 5. Clarification of cooperative agreement authority of the Secretary of Agriculture Section 8705(f) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C....

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To support the establishment and improvement of communications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands through the retention and use of rental fees associated with such sites, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Technology, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To support the establishment and improvement of communications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands through the retention and use of rental fees associated with such sites, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Technology Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 9, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition …

Jan 5, 2024

Mr. Huffman (for himself and Mr. Khanna) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Technology Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

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