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Calendar No. 306
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 118-154
CONNECT OUR PARKS ACT
JANUARY 9, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 2018]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 2018) to require the Secretary of the Interior
to conduct an assessment to identify locations in National Parks in
which there is the greatest need for broadband internet access
service and areas in National Parks in which there is the greatest
need for cellular service, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment, in the na-
ture of a substitute, and recommends that the bill, as amended, do
pass.
AMENDMENT
1. Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Connect Our Parks Act.
SEC. 2. BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE AND CELLULAR SERVICE ASSESSMENT AND
PLANNING IN NATIONAL PARKS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.-In this section:
(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.-The term appropriate commit-
tees of Congress means-
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-
ate;
(C) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives;
and
(D) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives.
(2) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.-The term broadband internet ac-
cess service has the meaning given the term in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code
of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
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