Reducing Barriers for Broadband on Federal Lands Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Mar 24, 2025
What it does
The Reducing Barriers for Broadband on Federal Lands Act of 2025 would exempt certain broadband projects on federal lands from environmental and historical preservation reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Specifically, it would prevent the issuance of federal authorizations for broadband infrastructure in rights-of-way from being considered a major federal action under NEPA or an undertaking under NHPA. The bill applies to broadband providers installing wireline or wireless infrastructure—such as fiber optic lines, copper lines, towers, or related improvements—on federal land within defined rights-of-way, excluding…
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