Bill > HR1074

This bill, the Reducing Antiquated Permitting for Infrastructure Deployment Act (RAPID Act), provides that the deployment of a small personal wireless service facility (a facility where each antenna is no more than 3 cubic feet in volume) shall not be considered an undertaking under the National Historic Preservation Act or a major federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act. The bill also establishes a rebuttable presumption that if an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization does not act on a complete request for information about the facility within 45 days, the applicant has made a good faith effort to provide the necessary information, and the Tribe or Organization has disclaimed interest in the application. This is intended to streamline the approval process for the deployment of small cell wireless infrastructure.