HR 6982 United States House · 117th Congress

Public Lands Telecommunications Act

Summary

Public Lands Telecommunications Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish separate special accounts for the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Reclamation for the deposit of rental fees received by such agencies under communications use authorizations, which allow for the occupancy and use of federal lands for communications purposes. The rental fees received by each agency shall be deposited in the agency's special account, and remain available for expenditure for agency activities related to communications sites (those areas of federal lands designated for telecommunications uses). The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out activities related to communications sites.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Mar 2022

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Introduced Mar 8, 2022 Last action Mar 21, 2022

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Committee

Mar 21, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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Mar 14, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

lower

Mar 8, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

lower

Mar 8, 2022

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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors