H.R. 1731 · 119th Congress · House

Standard FEES Act

Active· Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-488, Part I.
Introduced
Feb 27, 25
Passed House
Pending
Passed Senate
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation and Streamlining Act or the Standard FEES Act

This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish, and federal agencies to adopt, a uniform schedule of fees for applications to place, modify, or maintain communications facilities in, over, or on federally owned buildings and property.  

The fees established by the GSA must be competitively neutral with respect to other application fees for similar uses of federal buildings and property and based on the direct and actual costs of processing such applications. The GSA may establish exceptions to the fee schedule to be granted by agencies on a case-by-case basis, provided the exceptions are competitively neutral with respect to the categories of individuals or entities granted exceptions and meet certain other requirements. 

Agencies may only use fees collected to cover the costs of processing applications, and only to the extent that the funds are provided in advance in appropriations acts.  

Action Timeline

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  1. FEB 04, 2026Library of Congress

    Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce

    H. Rept. 119-488, Part I.

    119Yea
    488Nay
    0NV
  2. DEC 03, 2025House committee actions

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

    49Yea
    0Nay
    0NV
  3. DEC 03, 2025House committee actions

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  4. NOV 18, 2025House committee actions

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

  5. NOV 18, 2025House committee actions

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  6. FEB 27, 2025House committee actions

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

  7. FEB 27, 2025House committee actions

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

  8. FEB 27, 2025House floor actions

    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.

  9. FEB 27, 2025Library of Congress

    Introduced in House

Committees

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Energy and Commerce Committee

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Referred: Feb 4, 2026

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Energy and Commerce Committee

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Referred: Dec 3, 2025

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Energy and Commerce Committee

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Referred: Feb 27, 2025

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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

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Referred: Feb 27, 2025

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