Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development Act
Sponsored By: Representative Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced
Summary
Would strip federal legal force from two Federal Communications Commission actions that aimed to accelerate wireless and wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment. It would specifically nullify the FCC's "Accelerating Wireless and Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment" (83 Fed. Reg. 51867) and the FCC's "Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling" (FCC 18-111).
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
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More local control over broadband siting
This bill would make two FCC actions have no legal force or effect. It would target the FCC's "Accelerating Wireless and Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment" (83 Fed. Reg. 51867) and the FCC's "Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling" (FCC 18-111). If enacted, this would restore more discretion to state and local governments over where and how broadband infrastructure is sited and permitted. Broadband companies might face more local permits, longer project delays, and higher costs, and households and small businesses could see slower or uneven broadband access.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
NJ • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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