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This bill, known as the TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act, provides an exemption from certain environmental and historical preservation review requirements for projects that remove and replace communications equipment or services identified as potential security risks under the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019. Specifically, the bill eliminates the need to conduct environmental impact assessments under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and historical preservation reviews under the National Historic Preservation Act for these specific telecommunications infrastructure replacement projects. A "covered project" is defined as a project that permanently removes communications equipment deemed to be a security risk and replaces it with equipment that is not considered a security risk. The bill ensures that such replacement projects will not be subject to the typical federal authorization processes that would normally require environmental and historical impact studies, potentially streamlining the process of upgrading and securing communications networks. This legislation aims to expedite the removal of potentially compromised communications infrastructure by reducing bureaucratic review requirements.

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