ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS DURING FEDERALLY DECLARED EMERGENCIES.

SEC. 302. ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS DURING FEDERALLY DECLARED EMERGENCIES. Section 427(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189e(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “telecommunications service” and inserting “wireline or mobile telephone service, Internet access service, radio or television broadcasting, cable service, or direct broadcast satellite service”; (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the semicolon and inserting “; or”; (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) as clauses (i) through (v), respectively; and (D) by adding at the end of the following: “(B) is a tower owner or operator;” ; and (2) by striking “(1) provides” and inserting “(1)(A) provides”.