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
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
- 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.
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- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
- Communications and Technology Subcommittee
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (House)
- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Science, Technology, Communications
■ 2 D
2 Democrats