Curtis, O'Halleran File Accelerating Rural Broadband Bill
Commerce Committee members Reps. John Curtis, R-Utah, and Tom O’Halleran, D-Ariz., filed a House companion (HR-3970) Thursday to the Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act (S-1113) first bowed in April (see 2104150057). The measure would give federal agencies the ability to…
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approve a license of occupancy authorizing placement on a federal right of way of all equipment required to deploy broadband. It would require agencies to respond to applications within 60 days and explain denials. Rural residents “are itching for reliable broadband,” but “they are hamstrung by Washington, D.C., bureaucrats who are completely disconnected from the realities that millions of Americans face,” Curtis said. NCTA, NTCA and USTelecom back the measure, his office said.