Sec. 4. Online tracking of application progress
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It is the sense of Congress that communications projects (as defined in section 41001 of the FAST Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4370m )) should be, under title XLI of the FAST Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq. ), considered a high priority as having an increased regional or national economic significance. Section 41001 of the FAST Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4370m ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(4)through
(18)as paragraphs
(5)through (19), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: The term communications project means any construction project carried out at a communications site. For purposes of this paragraph: The term communications facility includes— any infrastructure, including any transmitting device, tower, or support structure, and any equipment, switches, wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabinets, associated with the licensed or permitted unlicensed wireless or wireline transmission of writings, signs, signals, data, images, pictures, and sounds of all kinds; and any antenna or apparatus that— is designed for the purpose of emitting radio frequency; is designed to be operated, or is operating, from a fixed location pursuant to authorization by the Federal Communications Commission; or is using duly authorized devices that do not require individual licenses; and is added to a tower, building, pole, cable, or other structure. The term communications site means an area of Federal land available for communications use. The term communications use means the placement or operation of infrastructure for wireline or wireless telecommunications, including cable television, television, and radio communications, regardless of whether the placement or operation is pursuant to a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission or on an unlicensed basis in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. The term communications use includes any ancillary activities, uses, or facilities directly related to the placement or operation of infrastructure for wireline or wireless telecommunications. The term Federal land means land under the jurisdiction and management of a Federal land management agency. The term Federal land management agency means— the National Park Service; the Bureau of Land Management; the Bureau of Reclamation; the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; the Forest Service; and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ; and in paragraph (7)(A) (as so redesignated)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting communications projects, after carbon capture, ; and in clause (i), by striking subclause
(II)and inserting the following: is likely to require a total investment— in the case of a communications project, of any amount; and in the case of any other activity, of more than $200,000,000; and .
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