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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 2 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes. · Sec. 82102

Sec. 82102. Collection and retention of rental fees associated with communications use authorizations on Federal lands and Federal land management agency support for communication site programs

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The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a special account in the Treasury for each Federal land management agency for the deposit of rental fees received by the Federal land management agency for communications use authorizations on Federal lands granted, issued, or executed by the Federal land management agency. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any rental fees collected pursuant to this Act shall be competitively neutral, technology neutral, and nondiscriminatory with respect to other uses of the communication site.
Rental fees shall not exceed the fee schedules published by the Secretary of the Interior for communication use rights-of-way. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, through a public process that includes consideration of industry comments, the Secretary of the Interior shall revise the communication sites rights-of-way rental fee schedule to reflect current communication technologies, including the physical footprint of such technologies. Rental fees received by a Federal land management agency shall— be deposited in the special account established for that Federal land management agency; and remain available for expenditure under subsection (e), to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.
Amounts deposited in the special account for a Federal land management agency shall be used solely for Federal land management agency activities related to communications sites, including the following: Administering communications use authorizations, including cooperative agreements under section 4. Preparing needs assessments or other programmatic analyses necessary to establish communications sites and authorize communications uses on or adjacent to Federal lands. Developing management plans for communications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands on a competitively neutral, technology neutral, nondiscriminatory basis.
Training for management of communications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands. Obtaining, improving access to, or establishing communications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands. This Act shall not limit or otherwise affect fee retention by a Federal land management agency under any other authority.
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