HR 4229 · 116th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Broadband DATA Act

Introduced 2019-09-06· Sponsored by Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 345.(2019-12-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act or the Broadband DATA Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to change the way broadband data is collected, verified, and reported. Specifically, the FCC must collect and disseminate granular broadband service availability data (broadband maps) from wired, fixed-wireless, satellite, and mobile broadband providers. To do this, the FCC is required to establish the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric (a dataset of geocoded information for all broadband service locations, atop which broadband maps are overlaid) as the vehicle for reporting broadband service availability data. Additionally, the FCC must put forth specified requirements for service availability data collected from broadband providers, and it must create a challenge process to enable the submission of independent data challenging the accuracy of FCC broadband maps.…

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H.R. 4229, Broadband DATA Act

Jan 22, 2020

As passed by the House of Representatives on December 16, 2019

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Cosponsors (20)

12 Democrats8 Republicans