Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act

A Federal authorization with respect to a covered project may not be considered a major Federal action under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).

A covered project may not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United States Code.

In this section:

The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission.

The term covered project means a project—

(A) for the placement, construction, or modification of a telecommunications service facility in or on eligible support infrastructure; and

(B) for which a permit, license, or approval from the Commission is required or that is otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.

The term eligible support infrastructure means infrastructure that supports or houses a facility for communication by wire (or is designed to or capable of supporting or housing such a facility) at the time when a complete request to a State or local government or instrumentality thereof, or to an Indian Tribe, for authorization to place, construct, or modify a telecommunications service facility in or on the infrastructure is received by the government, instrumentality, or Indian Tribe.

The term Federal authorization —

(A) means any authorization required under Federal law with respect to a covered project; and

(B) includes any permits, special use authorizations, certifications, opinions, or other approvals as may be required under Federal law with respect to a covered project.

The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term Indian tribe under section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130).

The term State means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and each territory or possession of the United States.

The term telecommunications service has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).

The term telecommunications service facility —

(A) means a facility that is designed or used to provide or facilitate the provision of any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service; and

(B) includes a facility described in subparagraph (A) that is used to provide other services.