Hello Everyone,
The Natural Resources Committee of the House of Representatives is receiving written testimony from the public on HR4141 which is due before 5pm tomorrow, Wed, Aug 9, 2023.
We will be submitting testimony and will circulate to you in the event you would like to sign on. Alternatively, you can send in your own testimony to the Natural Resources Committee, separately or jointly with other organizations.
We will have our testimony on HR4141 ready shortly for your review and sign-on. If once you review it and would like to sign on, we will ask you to provide your:
Name
Organization (if applicable)
City and State
Quick synopsis
HR4141 - Broadband for Americans through Responsible Streamlining Act:
General: HR4141 virtually eliminates environmental and
historical preservation reviews on federal lands. It represents an unprecedented consolidation of power within the federal government in favor of the wireless industry and threatens to take away from local government control over
wireless permitting. It runs contrary to the rule of law and threatens, with surgical precision, to undermine current federal statutes and important federal court decisions that otherwise protect the public and the environment.
HR4141:
- Virtually eliminates environmental and historical preservation reviews on federal lands.
- Overrides established federal laws – the National Environmental Policy Act and National Historic Preservation Act.
- Preempts all state and local regulations and will push through cell towers / antennas everywhere on federal lands.
- Runs against the tide of opposition in NYC and the rest of the country and is meant to silence our voices.
- For NYC residents, may eliminate the very environmental and historical preservation reviews that the site developer for the 5G towers is required to undergo in NYC that may be on federal lands.
