S. 1699: STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-03 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S3167-3168)

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S3167-3168) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act

Plain summary

Streamlining The Rapid Evolution And Modernization of Leading-edge Infrastructure Necessary to Enhance Small Cell Deployment Act or the STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act This bill establishes standards for reviewing broadband infrastructure siting applications, taking into account inherent challenges to smaller municipalities. Specifically, the bill requires that regulation of the placement, construction, or modification of small personal wireless service facilities by any state or local government not be unreasonably discriminatory among providers of the same service using comparable equipment. Accordingly, a state or local government must base its permitting decision on publicly-available criteria that are reasonable, objective, and non-discriminatory. Additionally, the bill requires action be taken on applications within a specific time frame based on the type of request, provides time frame flexibility for small municipalities, and allows the Federal Communications Commission to grant a waiver of such time frames. A state or local government may also charge a fee to consider an application if the fee is (1) competitively neutral, technology neutral, and nondiscriminatory; (2) publicly disclosed; and (3) based on actual and direct costs. The Government Accountability Office shall study and report on deployment of broadband infrastructure on tribal land or near trust land.

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STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · 1 cosponsors

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Brian Schatz (D-HI)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s1699.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s1699 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116