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HR 1731 Cleared committee

Requires the General Services Administration to set one uniform fee schedule for processing forms to place communications equipment on federal buildings and other federal property.

Official title: Standard FEES Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 27-FEB-2025
Referred 27-FEB-2025
Approved by committee 03-DEC-2025
Reported 04-FEB-2026
Key points
  • Requires GSA to publish the fee schedule within 30 days of enactment, based on the direct costs agencies incur to process each form.
  • Requires fees to be competitively neutral, so similar uses of federal property face the same fee.
  • Lets GSA and agencies grant exceptions, including to support broadband internet deployment, with agencies granting them only case by case.
  • Makes collected fees available to agencies only as provided in advance in appropriations acts, and overrides other statutory fees for the same forms.
AI-generated from the Introduced in House text of 27-FEB-2025 · verify · report an error
Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 27-FEB-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (4) Policy area

Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor Gary J. Palmer (R-AL) Cosponsors · 2
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