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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 4, 2025
Granting Remaining Applications Not Treated Efficiently or Delayed Act of 2025 or the GRANTED Act of 2025
This bill provides for the automatic approval of a complete application to place or maintain communications facilities (e.g., telecommunications antennas and equipment) on federal property after the application has been pending with a federal agency for 270 days.
(Under current law, individuals and entities may apply for an easement, right-of-way, or lease to install, construct, modify, or maintain a communications facility in, on, or over federal property. The federal agency with control over the relevant property is required to act on such an application within 270 days.)
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The bill requires agencies to act on applications within 270 days of their receipt of a complete application, rather than within 270 days of an application’s filing. Under the bill, an application is considered complete when the applicant (1) has taken the first procedural step within their control to submit the application in accordance with procedures established by the agency, and (2) has not been notified of any deficiency in the application within 30 days of its submission. The bill also establishes criteria for determining when an application is considered received by an agency.
Finally, the bill provides for the automatic grant of applications that remain pending with agencies after the 270-day deadline.
People & committees
Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] · R–CA
Legislative record
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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.
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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-04 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed GRANTED Act would change how federal executive agencies process covered applications for easements, rights-of-way and leases—permissions to use property. An application could count as complete even with missing information if the applicant takes the required initial step and receives no qualifying notice within 30 days. A complete application would automatically be granted if the agency misses the applicable decision deadline. The changes would cover applications received on or after enactment.
Timely consideration of applications for Federal easements, rights-of-way, and leases
an application to an executive agency shall be considered complete if the applicant— (I) has taken the first procedural step within the control of the applicant to submit such an application in accordance with the procedures established by the executive agency for the review and approval of such an application; and (II) has not received a written notice from the executive agency within 30 days after the date on which the application is received by the executive agency
If an executive agency fails to grant or deny a complete application by the deadline under subparagraph (A), the application shall be deemed granted on the day after such deadline.
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any application under subsection (b) of section 6409 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455) that is received by an executive agency (as defined in subsection (d) of such section) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Section 1 would give the bill the short title “GRANTED Act of 2025,” standing for “Granting Remaining Applications Not Treated Efficiently or Delayed Act of 2025.”
This Act may be cited as the Granting Remaining Applications Not Treated Efficiently or Delayed Act of 2025 or the GRANTED Act of 2025.
Section 2 would replace “duly filed” with “complete” in an existing provision governing applications. The supplied text does not reproduce the surrounding provision.
Section 6409(b)(3) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(3)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking duly filed and inserting complete
If an executive agency neither grants nor denies a complete application by the deadline in existing subparagraph (A), the application would automatically count as granted the following day. The bill uses that existing deadline without stating its length.
(E) Deemed granted If an executive agency fails to grant or deny a complete application by the deadline under subparagraph (A), the application shall be deemed granted on the day after such deadline.
An application would count as complete if the applicant takes the first submission step within their control under agency procedures and receives no qualifying written notice within 30 days after the agency receives the application. To qualify, the notice must both state that required information is missing and identify what was not submitted.
For the purposes of this paragraph, an application to an executive agency shall be considered complete if the applicant— (I) has taken the first procedural step within the control of the applicant to submit such an application in accordance with the procedures established by the executive agency for the review and approval of such an application; and (II) has not received a written notice from the executive agency within 30 days after the date on which the application is received by the executive agency— (aa) stating that all information (including any form or other document) required by the executive agency to be submitted for the application to be considered complete has not been submitted; and (bb) identifying the information required to be submitted that was not submitted.
Generally, a complete application would count as received on the date the applicant submits all information the agency requires for completeness, including required forms and documents.
a complete application shall be considered received— (I) except as provided in subclause (II), on the date on which the applicant submits to the executive agency all information (including any form or other document) required by the executive agency to be submitted for the application to be considered complete
If information is missing but the application counts as complete because the applicant received no qualifying notice within the 30-day period, it would count as received on the day after that period ends.
has not received a written notice from the executive agency within 30 days after the date on which the application is received by the executive agency
(II) in the case of an application with respect to which all such information is not submitted and that is considered complete under clause (i) because the applicant has not received a written notice from the executive agency within the period described in such clause, on the day after the last day of such period.
The amendments would apply to applications under section 6409(b) received on or after enactment. The bill would use the definition of “executive agency” in section 6409(d).
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any application under subsection (b) of section 6409 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455) that is received by an executive agency (as defined in subsection (d) of such section) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
The supplied action snapshot, updated April 1, 2026, records introduction in the House on March 4, 2025, and referral that day to the Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce committees for provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2026-04-01T14:32:22Z.
2025-03-04: Introduced in House
2025-03-04: 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.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-03-04. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not extend to other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not establish the absence of earmarks in other versions or accompanying materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow carve-out, special exemption or preferential exception was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not treat ordinary coverage of the bill’s intended applicants as a targeted benefit.
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