S. 4561
CLOSE THE GAP Act
Sponsor: John Barrasso
2 cosponsors
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(a) Sense of Congress. It is the sense of Congress that communications projects (as defined in section 41001 of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m)) should be, under title XLI of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq.), considered a high priority as having an increased regional or national economic significance.
(b) Communications projects as covered projects. Section 41001 of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (18) as paragraphs (5) through (19), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
(4) Communications project
(A) In general. The term communications project means any construction project carried out at a communications site.
(B) Other terms. For purposes of this paragraph:
(i) Communications facility. The term communications facility has the meaning given the term in section 8705(a) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 1761a(a)).
(ii) Communications site. The term communications site means an area of Federal land available for communications use.
(iii) Communications use. The term communications use has the meaning given the term in section 8705(a) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 1761a(a)).
(iv) Federal land. The term Federal land means land under the jurisdiction and management of a Federal land management agency.
(v) Federal land management agency. The term Federal land management agency means—
(I) the National Park Service;
(II) the Bureau of Land Management;
(III) the Bureau of Reclamation;
(IV) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(V) the Forest Service; and
(VI) the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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(3) in paragraph (7)(A) (as so redesignated)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting communications projects, after carbon capture,; and
(B) in clause (i), by striking subclause (II) and inserting the following:
(II) is likely to require a total investment—
(aa) in the case of a communications project, of any amount; and
(bb) in the case of any other activity, of more than $200,000,000; and