118th Congress Public Lands and Natural Resources
H.R. 6915: Public Lands Telecommunications Act
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Summary
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish separate special accounts for the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Forest Service for the deposit of rental fees received by such agencies under communications use authorizations, which allow for the occupancy and use of federal lands for communications purposes.
The rental fees received by each agency must
- be deposited in the agency's special account, and
- remain available for expenditure for agency activities related to communications sites (those areas of federal lands designated for telecommunications uses).
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The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out activities related to communications sites.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Ro Khanna D-CAOriginal
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History
- Introduced in the House by Jared Huffman.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Introduced in House