117th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To accommodate certain facilities within the right-of-way on any Federal-aid highway.
June 4, 2021
Ms. Bourdeaux introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
To accommodate certain facilities within the right-of-way on any Federal-aid highway.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Solar Use Network Act” or the “SUN Act”.
SEC. 2. Accommodation of certain facilities within the right-of-way on any Federal-aid highway.
(a) In general.—Notwithstanding any other State or Federal law, including regulations, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, renewable energy generation facilities, electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure, and broadband infrastructure and conduit shall be treated as a facility covered under part 645 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), for purposes of section 109(l) of title 23, United States Code, for purposes of being accommodated under such section.
(b) State approval.—A State, on behalf of the Secretary of Transportation, may approve accommodating the infrastructure and facilities described in subsection (a) within any right-of-way on a Federal-aid highway pursuant to section 109(l) of title 23, United States Code.