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HR 1731 · in committee · significant

Standard FEES Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the General Services Administration to set uniform fees for applications to install communications facilities on federal buildings and property.
  • Federal agencies and companies seeking to place communications infrastructure on government property are affected.
  • Fees must be based on actual processing costs and can only be used to cover application review expenses with advance appropriations.

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  1. 01

    How would uniform GSA fees for communications facility applications affect companies' willingness to install infrastructure on federal property compared to current variable agency fees?

  2. 02

    What specific processing costs should the GSA include when calculating these application fees, and how might that methodology differ across various federal property types?

  3. 03

    If fees are limited to actual processing costs, how would agencies fund infrastructure reviews if application volume drops or processing becomes more efficient?

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Gary J. Palmer

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Introduced 2026-02-04

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-02-04 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-488, Part I.

  2. 2026-02-04 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-488, Part I.

  3. 2025-12-03 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.

  4. 2025-12-03 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  5. 2025-11-18 · house · Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

  6. 2025-11-18 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  7. 2025-02-27 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

  8. 2025-02-27 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

  9. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  10. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  11. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  12. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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