Coastal Broadband Deployment Act

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Bill Number

HR 1039

Introduced

Feb 15, 2021

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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Topics

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Floods and storm protection Historic sites and heritage areas Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Science, Technology, Communications Telephone and wireless communication Wetlands

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Summary

Coastal Broadband Deployment Act

This bill excludes certain communications facility deployment or modification projects from specified review requirements.

Specifically, the bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review a project for the deployment or modification of a communications facility that is to be carried out entirely within a floodplain (the lowland and relatively flat areas adjoining inland and coastal waters).

Actions

Feb 16, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Feb 15, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 15, 2021

Introduced in House

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