# 119-hr-5147: WIRELESS Leadership Act

119-hr-5147, WIRELESS Leadership Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-05-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5147
- Congress: 119
- Title: WIRELESS Leadership Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-05-15

## Summary

**preserve local zoning authority** while creating one national set of deadlines and rules for siting wireless facilities. The WIRELESS Leadership Act would keep State and local control over where personal wireless service facilities go while imposing clear timeframes, fee limits, nondiscrimination rules, and review paths to speed deployment.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster wireless siting decisions and appeals: benefit, high. If enacted, State or local governments would have to decide wireless siting requests on set clocks. 60 days for small facilities on existing structures; 90 days for other small requests or for non-small on existing structures; 150 days for other non-small requests. Batched filings would use the lon…
- Stops discriminatory local wireless rules: benefit, high. This bill would bar local rules that discriminate among providers or that block or effectively block service. Cities could set objective, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory engineering, safety, and aesthetic rules, but not rules that stop installs or upgrades. Localities could not base decisions on…
- Caps and transparency on siting fees: benefit, medium. This bill would limit what cities can charge for siting reviews and right‑of‑way use. Fees would have to be neutral, set in advance, public, and based only on actual, direct costs for review, processing, repairs, and replacement. They would need to separate recurring from one‑time charges and note…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-2482: NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1870: SPEED for BEAD Act
- 119-hr-2289: American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5147 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5147)

## Related
- [119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1897)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-2482: NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2482)
- [119-hr-1870: SPEED for BEAD Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1870)
- [119-hr-2289: American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2289)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5147 (as of 2026-05-15).