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119-hr-1731119th CongressWALLET

Standard FEES Act

Sponsored By: Representative Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]

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Summary

This bill would create a uniform fee schedule for processing federal forms tied to easements, rights-of-way, leases, and communications facility placements. Fees would be set to match each agency's direct costs, be competitively neutral, and could include limited exceptions to promote broadband deployment.

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  • Applicants such as companies and local governments would pay fees based on agencies' direct costs. Those fees would replace any other statutory fees for processing the same forms.
  • Executive agencies would be required to adopt the fee schedule and any exceptions set by the Administrator of General Services. Agencies would have to establish their fees and exceptions within 120 days after the Administrator issues the schedule and may grant certain case-by-case exceptions for communications facility placements.
  • The Administrator of General Services would set the uniform schedule within 30 days and may create competitively neutral exceptions when granting public benefits or to expand broadband internet access.

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Uniform fees for federal property requests

If enacted, the General Services Administration would set one fee schedule to process certain federal property forms. It would cover easements, rights-of-way, leases, and contracts to place communications equipment on federal sites. Fees would be based on agencies' direct costs and be competitively neutral with similar uses. The Administrator could allow competitively neutral, case-by-case exceptions for public benefit and to expand broadband. GSA would set the schedule within 30 days of enactment; agencies would adopt it within 120 days. These fees would replace other statute-based processing fees for the same forms. Agencies could spend collected fees only if Congress provides the amounts in advance, which could slow processing.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]

AL • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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