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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPT. 115-881
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
RURAL BROADBAND PERMITTING EFFICIENCY ACT OF
2018
AUGUST 3, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4824]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4824) to allow certain State permitting authority to en-
courage expansion of broadband service to rural communities, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably
thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amend-
ed do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) BROADBAND PROJECT.-The term broadband project means an installa-
tion by a broadband provider of wireless or broadband infrastructure, including
but not limited to, copper lines, fiber optic lines, communications towers, build-
ings, or other improvements on Federal land.
(2) BROADBAND PROVIDER.-The term broadband provider means a provider
of wireless or broadband infrastructure that enables a user to originate and re-
ceive high-quality voice, data, graphics, and video telecommunications.
(3) INDIAN LANDS.-The term Indian Lands means-
(A) any land owned by an Indian Tribe, located within the boundaries of
an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; or
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