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119TH CONGRESS REPT.119-439
2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
EXPEDITING FEDERAL BROADBAND
DEPLOYMENT REVIEWS ACT
JANUARY 12, 2026.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1681]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1681) to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike
force to ensure that certain Federal land management agencies, in-
cluding the organizational units of such agencies, prioritize the re-
view of requests for communications use authorizations, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 1681 is to require the Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an
interagency strike force to ensure that certain Federal land man-
agement agencies, including the organizational units of such agen-
cies, prioritize the review of requests for communications use au-
thorizations, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Deploying broadband technologies and closing the digital divide
for rural and Tribal communities means installing a significant
portion of communications infrastructure on federal land.1 The De-
partment of the Interior (DOI), through the Bureau of Land Man-
'Special Uses-Communications Uses, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service,
https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/special-uses/communications-uses. Streamlining Federal
Siting Working Group Final Report, FCC Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee, January
24, 2018, https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/bdac-federalsiting-01232018.pdf.
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