# 119-hr-1731: Standard FEES Act

119-hr-1731, Standard FEES Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6] (R-AL); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1731
- Congress: 119
- Title: Standard FEES Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6] (R-AL)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-13

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Uniform fees for federal property requests: mixed, low. 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…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-979: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6130: ASAP Act
- 119-hr-5519: Welles Remy Crowther Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-27: HALT Fentanyl Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1731 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1731)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-979: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-979)
- [119-hr-6130: ASAP Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6130)
- [119-hr-5519: Welles Remy Crowther Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5519)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
- [119-hr-27: HALT Fentanyl Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-27)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1731 (as of 2026-06-13).