Bill > HR7333

This bill, the Coastal Broadband Deployment Act, provides that a request for the deployment or modification of a communications facility entirely within a floodplain is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews. Specifically, it exempts such "covered projects" from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, and from being considered an "undertaking" under the National Historic Preservation Act. The bill defines key terms like "communications facility" and "covered project" to clarify the scope of this exemption.