118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 3292Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act

To provide that a project for the deployment or modification of a communications facility entirely within a brownfield site is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews.

Science, technology, communications
Introduced May 15, 2023
Last action May 19, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 15, 2023
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Referred
May 19, 2023
E&C · Natural Resources
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill excludes projects to deploy or modify communications facilities from specified environmental and historic preservation review requirements if they are carried out entirely within a brownfield site (real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant). In particular, it specifies such projects are not considered major federal actions under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 or undertakings under the National Historic Preservation Act. This excludes the projects from relevant reviews that are required under those acts.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 4 actions
May 19, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
May 15, 2023
Introduced in House
May 15, 2023
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.
May 15, 2023
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.