H.R. 5273

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To provide that a project for the collocation of a telecommunications service facility is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · September 10, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania

Table of contents

• H.R. 5273
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Application of NEPA and NHPA to collocation of telecommunications service facilities

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act.

SEC. 2. Application of NEPA and NHPA to collocation of telecommunications service facilities

• (a) NEPA exemption
  • A Federal authorization with respect to a covered project may not be considered a major Federal action under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (). 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)
• (b) National Historic Preservation Act exemption
  • A covered project may not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United States Code.
• (c) Definitions
  • In this section:
    • The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission.
    • The term covered project means a project—
    • The term eligible support infrastructure means infrastructure that supports or houses a facility for communication by wire (or is designed to or capable of supporting or housing such a facility) at the time when a complete request to a State or local government or instrumentality thereof, or to an Indian Tribe, for authorization to place, construct, or modify a telecommunications service facility in or on the infrastructure is received by the government, instrumentality, or Indian Tribe.
    • The term — Federal authorization
    • The term has the meaning given the term under section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (). Indian tribe 25 U.S.C. 5130
    • The term State means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and each territory or possession of the United States.
    • The term telecommunications service has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (). 47 U.S.C. 153
    • The term — telecommunications service facility