1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2018 . 2. Exemption from review for certain communications facilities Title I of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 13. Exemption from review for certain communications facilities (a) For permitting by Commission (1) In general Notwithstanding any provision of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, the Commission shall not be required to perform, and may not require any entity regulated by the Commission to perform, any review under such Act or division as a condition of permitting the placement and installation of a communications facility if— (A) the new facility— (i) will be located within a public right-of-way; and (ii) is not more than 50 feet tall or 10 feet higher than any existing structure in the public right-of-way, whichever is higher; (B) the new facility is— (i) a replacement for an existing communications facility; and (ii) the same as, or substantially similar to (as such term is defined by the Commission), the communications facility that the new communications facility is replacing; (C) the new facility is a type of communications facility that— (i) is described in subsection (c)(2)(B); and (ii) meets the size limitation of a small antenna established by the Commission; or (D) the placement and installation involve the expansion of the site of an existing facility not more than 30 feet in any direction. (2) Savings clause Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect— (A) the obligation of the Commission to evaluate radiofrequency exposure under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)