H.R. 1731 · 119th Congress

Standard FEES Act

Introduced on Feb 27, 2025 by Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6). 2 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 4, 2026): Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-488, Part I.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Feb 27, 2025
Cosponsors
2
2 from the other party
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to establish a uniform fee schedule applicable to the processing of forms for the consideration of applications for the placement of communications facilities on certain buildings and other property owned by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Infrastructure development
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Telephone and wireless communication
  • User charges and fees

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 27, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Gary J. PalmerR-AL-6Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 27, 2025 · HouseReferred 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.
  4. Feb 27, 2025 · HouseReferred 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.
  5. Feb 27, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
  6. Feb 27, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  7. Nov 18, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Nov 18, 2025 · HouseForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
  9. Dec 3, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  10. Dec 3, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
  11. Feb 4, 2026Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-488, Part I.
  12. Feb 4, 2026 · HouseReported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-488, Part I.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Competitive Carriers Association6 reports
    $950K reported (all issues)
  2. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC.4 reports
    $10.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC$130.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION3 reports
    Federal contractor: WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  4. CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $5.5M reported (all issues)
  5. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.2 reports
    $36.7M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.