Broadband Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act
Sponsored By: Representative Crenshaw
Introduced
Summary
This bill would speed up and standardize approvals for many modifications to existing wireless and telecommunications facilities. It would require time-bound, mandatory approval for qualifying facility modifications and limit what state and local governments can demand.
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- Applicants and carriers would gain clearer paths for two kinds of requests that do not substantially change physical dimensions: eligible facilities requests for wireless towers and eligible telecommunications facilities requests on support infrastructure. It would bar pre-application steps and restrict required documentation to what is reasonably related and publicly listed.
- State and local governments would face tighter timelines and limits. Reviews would be set to a 60-day approval window with a 30-day initial tolling period for incomplete filings and strict rules on how and when tolling can occur.
- The Federal Communications Commission would have to issue final implementing rules within 180 days and the bill would let applicants sue in federal district court for expedited enforcement of the timelines and limits.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Faster approvals for telecom upgrades
This bill would force state and local governments to approve certain small changes to cell towers and telecom sites if the changes do not substantially change size. If a government does not approve or send a required written determination within 60 days after you submit a request, the request would be deemed approved the next day. The bill would limit what information governments can ask for, require an initial incompleteness notice within 30 days and 10-day sequencing for later notices, ban pre-application meetings or steps, allow tolling only by specific rules or mutual agreement, and let applicants sue in federal court for expedited review. The FCC would have to issue final implementing rules within 180 days, and these rules would apply to requests filed on or after enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Crenshaw
TX • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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