Can the Federal Government Legislate Us Out of Permitting Delays?

On November 18, the House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will convene to markup a couple of dozen bills aimed at addressing delays in broadband infrastructure deployment projects winning permits. Subcommittee Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC-09) said back in September. "Unless we streamline the permitting process, all of the money we have dedicated to deployment will be tied up in burdensome reviews resulting in more unnecessary delays, forcing millions of Americans to continue to wait for connectivity." Here we offer a brief look at the bills under consideration at the markup.