S.Amdt. 2405

SA 2405. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for
herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _____. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO COVERED
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES.

(a) NEPA Exemption.--A covered project shall not be subject
to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).
(b) National Historic Preservation Act Exemption.--A
covered project shall not be considered an undertaking under
section 300320 of title 54, United States Code.
(c) Covered Project Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered project'' means a project to permanently remove
covered communications equipment or services (as defined in
section 9 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks
Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608)) and to replace such covered
communications equipment or services with communications
equipment or services that are not covered communications
equipment or services (as so defined).
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