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115THCONGRESS REPT.115-1086
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
PUBLIC LANDS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT
DECEMBER 20, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2425]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2425) to support the establishment and improvement of
communications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands under the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agri-
culture through the retention and use of rental fees associated with
such sites, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
port favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that
the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Public Lands Telecommunications Act.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) COMMUNICATIONS SITE.-The term communications site means an area
of Federal lands available for communications use.
(2) COMMUNICATIONS USE.-The term communications use means the place-
ment or operation of infrastructure for wireline or wireless telecommunications,
including cable television, television, and radio communications, regardless of
whether such placement or operation is pursuant to a license issued by the Fed-
eral Communications Commission or on an unlicensed basis in accordance with
the regulations of the Commission. The term includes any ancillary activities,
uses, or facilities directly related to such placement or operation.
(3) COMMUNICATIONS USE AUTHORIZATION.-The term communications use
authorization means a right-of-way, permit, or lease granted, issued, or exe-
cuted by a Federal land management agency for the primary purpose of author-
izing the occupancy and use of Federal lands for communications use.
(4) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.-The term Federal land manage-
ment agency means the National Park Service, the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation,
and the Forest Service.
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