[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1731 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1731
To amend the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to
establish a uniform fee schedule applicable to the processing of forms
for the consideration of applications for the placement of
communications facilities on certain buildings and other property owned
by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Palmer (for himself and Mr. Ryan) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, 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
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A BILL
To amend the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to
establish a uniform fee schedule applicable to the processing of forms
for the consideration of applications for the placement of
communications facilities on certain buildings and other property owned
by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation
and Streamlining Act'' or the ``Standard FEES Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFORM FEE SCHEDULE APPLICABLE TO THE
PROCESSING OF CERTAIN FORMS.
(a) In General.--Section 6409 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and
Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Common Fee Schedule.--
``(1) In general.--The Administrator of General Services
shall establish a uniform schedule of fees applicable to the
processing of the forms described under subsections (b)(2) and
(c)(3).
``(2) Fee guidelines.--The schedule of fees established
under paragraph (1) shall be--
``(A) based on the direct costs incurred by an
agency in processing a form described under subsection
(b)(2) or (c)(3); and
``(B) competitively neutral with respect to any fee
established for the processing of a form for a similar
use of the building or other property owned by the
Federal Government.
``(3) Exceptions.--The Administrator of General Services
may establish exceptions to the schedule of fees established
under paragraph (1)--
``(A) that are competitively neutral with respect
to the categories of individuals or entities to be
granted the exception;
``(B) in consideration of the public benefit of--
``(i) granting an easement, right-of-way,
or lease described under subsection (b)(1); or
``(ii) entering into a contract for the
placement of a communications facility
installation under subsection (c)(1); and
``(C) in the interest of expanding the deployment
of broadband internet access service, as defined in
section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations
(or any successor regulation).
``(4) Adoption by executive agencies.--
``(A) In general.--The head of each executive
agency shall adopt by regulation--
``(i) fees that correspond to the schedule
established by the Administrator under
paragraph (2); and
``(ii) any exceptions to such schedule
established by the Administrator under
paragraph (3).
``(B) Exceptions.--The head of an executive agency
may only grant an exception pursuant to subparagraph
(A)(ii) on a case-by-case basis.
``(5) Use of fees collected.--Any fee collected by an
executive agency under this section shall only be available to
the extent, and in such amounts, as are provided in advance in
appropriation Acts, to the agency to cover the costs of
processing the forms described under subsections (b)(2) and
(c)(3).
``(6) Relationship to other statutes.--Any fee chargeable
under this subsection shall supercede any other fee applicable
to the processing of a form described under subsection (b)(2)
or (c)(3) that is chargeable under another statute.''.
(b) Deadlines.--
(1) For the administrator of general services.--Not later
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator of General Services shall establish the schedule
of fees required by section 6409(d) of the Middle Class Tax
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(d)), as
added by subsection (a).
(2) For executive agencies.--Not later than 120 days after
the Administrator of General Services establishes the schedule
of fees described under paragraph (1), the head of an executive
agency required to adopt the fees and exceptions required by
section 6409(d)(4) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job
Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(d)(4)), as added by
subsection (a), shall establish such fees and exceptions.
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