Thune, Schatz Circulate Draft 5G Broadband Bill
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters Tuesday he now expects the bill he and Senate Communications Subcommittee ranking member Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, have begun circulating on easing barriers to 5G and other broadband deployments will come up…
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at the committee markup after the one expected to happen this month. Thune previously told us he had hoped to have the legislation ready for the committee's early November executive session, which could happen as soon as Nov. 8 (see 1710270058 and 1710300022). A draft we obtained includes language that would require state and local governments to sync their shot clocks for granting siting permits. The legislation also would direct the GAO to study broadband deployments on tribal lands. A committee spokesman said there isn't a set timeline for Thune and Schatz to formally file their bill. CTIA Senior Vice President-Government Affairs Kelly Cole praised the draft as “modernizing how wireless networks are deployed.”