NTCA urged Senate leaders to ‘act expeditiously’ to pass HR-762, ...
NTCA urged Senate leaders to “act expeditiously” to pass HR-762, which would limit the fees charged to telecom companies for stringing lines over public lands. The bill was passed by the House in April. In letters to Sens. Domenici…
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(R-N.M.), chmn. of Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Craig (R-Ida.), chmn. of the Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, NTCA said the bill would make it easier for telcos to provide services to rural customers by guaranteeing “reasonable, not excessive, compensation for right-of-way access.” NTCA said “fees collected by public lands managers should be predicated upon fair market value, not the amount of commerce generated on accessed lands.”