H.R. 1731 — Standard FEES Act

This section establishes a uniform schedule of fees, to be set by the Administrator of General Services within 30 days of enactment, for executive agencies to charge when processing applications for easements, rights-of-way, leases, or communications facility installation contracts on federal property (i.e., forms under 47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(2) and (c)(3)). The fees must be based on direct processing costs and competitively neutral relative to similar uses; the Administrator may set competitively neutral exceptions considering public benefits or broadband deployment interests. Executive agencies must adopt the fee schedule and exceptions by regulation within 120 days after the Administrator sets it (and may grant case-by-case exceptions); collected fees, available only as appropriated, supersede any other statutory fees for such processing.