Bill > HR1141

This bill, the Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act, seeks to exempt certain telecommunications service facility projects from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Specifically, the bill defines a "covered project" as a project for the placement, construction, or modification of a telecommunications service facility in or on eligible support infrastructure, such as infrastructure that already supports or houses communication facilities. These covered projects would not be subject to the environmental review and historic preservation requirements under NEPA and NHPA, respectively, as long as they require a permit, license, or approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or are otherwise under the FCC's jurisdiction.