House to Vote Wednesday on Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act
The House is set to vote under suspension Wednesday night on the Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act (HR-4824), said the office of Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Monday. The bill would direct the Agriculture and Interior departments to establish…
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voluntary programs allowing state or tribal governments to conduct National Environmental Policy Act-mandated analyses of broadband projects proposed in department- or tribal-owned lands. HR-4824 would also designate a lead federal agency for reviewing the permit application for any broadband project on Agriculture- or tribal-owned lands whether or not analysis authority is delegated out to a state or tribal government.