# 119-hr-5318: RAPID Act

119-hr-5318, RAPID Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5318
- Congress: 119
- Title: RAPID Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Speeds deployment of small wireless service facilities.** This bill would exempt tiny cellular antennas from major federal environmental and historic reviews and create a 45-day presumption around tribal responses to speed siting decisions. - Wireless deployers and carriers would face fewer federal reviews, which would likely shorten permitting timelines and speed local rollouts of small antennas. - Indian Tribes would be presumed to have disclaimed interest if they do not act within 45 days after getting a complete FCC form, and applicants would be presumed to have made a good faith effort; tribes can rebut that presumption using listed factors, including whether the applicant followed up within a window of 30 to 50 days. - The exemptions only apply to narrowly defined "small personal wireless service facilities," meaning antennas no larger than 3 cubic feet and excluding wireline backhaul, so larger or different projects stay subject to existing reviews.

## Provisions PRIA read

- 45-day timeline for tribal review: mixed, medium. If enacted, when a Tribe gets a complete FCC Form 620 or 621, a 45-day clock would start. If no action in 45 days, FCC and courts would presume the applicant acted in good faith and the Tribe declined interest. A Tribe could still overcome this by showing reasons. The FCC or a court would give subs…
- Faster small wireless projects, fewer reviews: mixed, medium. If enacted, small personal wireless projects would skip certain federal environmental and historic reviews. A small site would mean each antenna is no more than 3 cubic feet, and it excludes wireline backhaul. Federal permits and approvals for these small sites would not count as a major Federal ac…

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- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1656: PLUS for Veterans Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025
- 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5318 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5318)

## Related
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- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-1656: PLUS for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1656)
- [119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3132)
- [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5318 (as of 2026-04-21).