§ 8453. Public lands telecommunications cooperative agreements

• (a) The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out activities related to communications sites on lands managed by Federal land management agencies, including—
  • (1) administering communications use authorizations;
  • (2) preparing needs assessments or other programmatic analyses necessary to establish communications sites and authorize communications uses on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency;
  • (3) developing management plans for communications sites on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency on a competitively neutral, technology neutral, nondiscriminatory basis;
  • (4) training for management of communications sites on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency;
  • (5) obtaining, improving access to, or establishing communications sites on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency; and
  • (6) any combination of purposes described in subparagraphs 1 1 So in original. Probably should be “paragraphs”. (1) through (5).
• (b)
• (c) Not later than 1 year after January 4, 2025 , the Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive assessment to evaluate the potential benefits of rental fee retention whereby any fee collected for the occupancy and use of Federal lands and waters authorized by a communications use authorization would be deposited into a special account and used solely for activities related to communications sites on lands and waters managed by the Secretary.