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H.R. 4802: Streamlining and Expediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act

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H.R. 4802: Streamlining and Expediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-01-16 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-01-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Streamlining and Expediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act

Plain summary

Streamlining and Expediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act This bill directs Senior Real Property Officers of specified federal agencies to track applications to locate or modify communications facilities on certain federal real property assets of those agencies. Each officer shall report on the tracking of such applications to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In turn, the NTIA shall report to Congress on the information in each submitted report and analyses of the application process. An officer must respond to an inquiry about the status of an application from the applicant no later than seven days after receiving such inquiry.

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Official text

Streamlining and Expediting Approval for Communications Technologies Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] · 0 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong115-hr4802 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115