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Granting Remaining Applications Not Treated Efficiently or Delayed Act of 2025 or the GRANTED Act of 2025 This bill provides for the automatic approval of a complete application to place or maintain communications facilities (e.g., telecommunications antennas and equipment) on federal property after the application has been pending with a federal agency for 270 days. (Under current law, individuals and entities may apply for an easement, right-of-way, or lease to install, construct, modify, or maintain a communications facility in, on, or over federal property. The federal agency with control over the relevant property is required to act on such an application within 270 days.) The bill requires agencies to act on applications within 270 days of their receipt of a complete application, rather than within 270 days of an application’s filing. Under the bill, an application is considered complete when the applicant (1) has taken the first procedural step within their control to submit the application in accordance with procedures established by the agency, and (2) has not been notified of any deficiency in the application within 30 days of its submission. The bill also establishes criteria for determining when an application is considered received by an agency. Finally, the bill provides for the automatic grant of applications that remain pending with agencies after the 270-day deadline.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.1836 pass?
HR.1836 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 32%.
What does HR.1836 do?
Granting Remaining Applications Not Treated Efficiently or Delayed Act of 2025 or the GRANTED Act of 2025 This bill provides for the automatic approval of a complete application to place or maintain communications facilities (e.g., telecommunications antennas and equipment) on federal property after the application has been pending with a federal agency for 270 days. (Under current law, individuals and entities may apply for an easement, right-of-way, or lease to install, construct, modify, or maintain a communications facility in, on, or over federal property. The federal agency with control …
Who sponsored HR.1836?
HR.1836 was sponsored by Jay Obernolte (R-California).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 1836 IH: Granting Remaining Applications Not Treated Efficiently or Delayed Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-03-04 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1836 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 4, 2025 Mr. Obernolte 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 A BILL To amend the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to provide for an application for a Federal easement, right-of-way, or lease with respect to a communications facility installation to be deemed granted if not granted or denied by the specified deadline, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Granting Remaining Applications Not Treated Efficiently or Delayed Act of 2025 or the GRANTED Act of 2025 . 2. Timely consideration of applications for Federal easements, rights-of-way, and leases (a) In general Section 6409(b)(3) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking duly filed and inserting complete ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (E) Deemed granted If an executive agency fails to grant or deny a complete application by the deadline under subparagraph (A), the application shall be deemed granted on the day after such deadline. (F) When application considered complete; received (i) When application considered complete For the purposes of this paragraph, an application to an executive agency shall be considered complete if the applicant— (I) has taken the first procedural step within the control of the applicant to submit such an application in accordance with the procedures established by the executive agency for the review and approval of such an application; and (II) has not received a written notice from the executive agency within 30 days after the date on which the application is received by the executive agency— (aa) stating that all information (including any form or other document) required by the executive agency to be submitted for the application to be considered complete has not been submitted; and (bb) identifying the information required to be submitted that was not submitted. (ii) When complete application considered received For the purposes of this paragraph, a complete application shall be considered received— (I) except as provided in subclause (II), on the date on which the applicant submits to the executive agency all information (including any form or other document) required by the executive agency to be submitted for the application to be considered complete; or (II) in the case of an application with respect to which all such information is not submitted and that is considered complete under clause (i) because the applicant has not received a written notice from the executive agency within the period described in such clause, on the day after the last day of such period. . (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any application under subsection (b) of section 6409 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1455 ) that is received by an executive agency (as defined in subsection (d) of such section) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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