Bill > HR1051

This bill, the "Barriers and Regulatory Obstacles Avoids Deployment of Broadband Access and Needs Deregulatory Leadership Act" or the "BROADBAND Leadership Act," amends the Communications Act of 1934 to streamline the siting process for telecommunications service facilities. The key provisions include: prohibiting state or local governments from restricting the ability of any entity to provide or enhance telecommunications services; requiring state or local governments to grant or deny requests to place, construct, or modify telecommunications facilities within specified timeframes; allowing fees for such requests that are competitively neutral, publicly disclosed, and based on actual and direct costs; and providing for judicial review and preemption by the Federal Communications Commission if state or local requirements are found to violate the law.