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H.R. 3289 · 118th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act

Died in committee402 words Introduced May 15, 2023 · Latest action May 19, 2023

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How far it has goneStopped at 2 of 6 · Died in committee
  1. IntroducedMay 15, 2023 Done
  2. CommitteeDied Jan 3, 2025 Stopped here
  3. House floorNot yet Not reached yet
  4. Senate floorNot yet Not reached yet
  5. Chambers agreeNot yet Not reached yet
  6. PresidentNot yet Not reached yet

What it does

This bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review requirements projects to (1) mount or install certain personal wireless service facilities (i.e., antennas, transmitting devices, and related equipment for the provision of personal wireless service) with another personal wireless service facility that exists at the time a request for authorization for the mounting or installation is filed with a state or local government or an Indian tribe; or (2) modify a personal wireless service facility.

In particular, it specifies such projects are not considered major federal actions under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 or undertakings under the National Historic Preservation Act. This excludes the projects from relevant reviews that are required under those acts.

Congressional Research Service · summary of “Introduced in House” version · May 15, 2023

Who lobbies on it

2 organizations · 15 filings · Q2 2023–Q4 2024

One square per quarter since introduction, oldest left. Filled = named it that quarter.

  1. United States Telecom Association 7 of 7 quarters
    “General lobbying on the following issue areas: Section 224 of the Communications Act (House and Senate); net neutrality (House and Senate); oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (House and Senate); privacy (House and Senate); cybersecurity (House and Senate); robocalling (House and Senate); broadband…”

    Q4 2024 filing · $2.3M lobbying spend in 2024, all issues

  2. National Telecommunications Cooperative Association 1 of 7 quarters
    “The association bases its approaches on whether or not policies are flexible in their application to rural carriers that have different needs and capabilities and that have far different economies of scale and competitive opportunities than larger carriers. During the reporting period, the association focused on the…”

    Q2 2023 filing · $380K lobbying spend in 2023, all issues

Organizations that named H.R. 3289 in a quarterly lobbying report. Covers organizations with a PAC on file; reports from organizations without one aren’t loaded yet. Spend is the organization’s total across all issues: reports don’t split spending by bill. Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LD-2) from lda.gov; quotes are word for word from the “specific lobbying issues” field.

Actions

3 actions · newest first
  1. May 19, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
  2. May 15, 2023Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  3. May 15, 2023Introduced in House