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In this Act: (1) Communications facility The term communications facility has the meaning given the term in section 8705(a) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 1761a(a)). (2) Communications site The term communications site means an area of Federal land available for communications use. (3) Communications use The term communications use has the meaning given the term in section 8705(a) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 1761a(a)). (4) Communications use authorization The term communications use authorization means an easement, right-of-way, lease, license, or other authorization granted by the Secretary concerned to locate or modify a communications facility on Federal land for the primary purpose of authorizing the occupancy and use of the Federal land for communications use. (5) Cost recovery fee The term cost recovery fee means any fee collected by a Federal land management agency related to— (A) an application for a communications use authorization; or (B) the occupancy and use authorized by a communications use authorization pursuant to and consistent with authorizing law. (6) Covered land The term covered land means land managed by the Secretary concerned. (7) Electronic SF–299 The term electronic SF–299 means a version of Standard Form 299, or a substantially similar form, that has been digitally modified for online interaction. (8) Federal land The term Federal land means land under the jurisdiction and management of a Federal land management agency. (9) Federal land management agency The term Federal land management agency means— (A) the National Park Service; (B) the Bureau of Land Management; (C) the Bureau of Reclamation; (D) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (E) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (F) the Forest Service. (10) Organizational unit The term organizational unit means— (A) with respect to Federal land administered by the Secretary of the Interior— (i) a State office; (ii) a district office; (iii) a field office; or (iv) a regional office; and (B) with respect to the Forest Service— (i) a regional office; (ii) the headquarters; (iii) an administrative unit; or (iv) a ranger district office. (11) Previously analyzed Federal land The term previously analyzed Federal land means any Federal land with respect to which the Secretary concerned has— (A) granted a communications use authorization; and (B) conducted sufficient environmental or historical reviews, as determined by the Secretary concerned. (12) Secretary concerned The term Secretary concerned means— (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to Federal land under the jurisdiction and management of the Secretary of the Interior, acting through, as applicable— (i) the Commissioner of Reclamation; (ii) the Director of the National Park Service; (iii) the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (iv) the Director of the Bureau of Land Management; and (v) the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service. (13) Standard Form 299 The term Standard Form 299 means the form developed by the Administrator of General Services under section 6409(b)(2)(A) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(2)(A)) or any successor form. (14) Working group The term working group means the Federal Land Management Agency Working Group established by section 11(a).