Broadband DATA Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2019 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 345.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 6, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
The Government Accountability Office must report on identified locations where fixed broadband can be installed to improve the quality and completeness of data sources for the fabric.
Cosponsors 67
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 6, 2019 to Dec 10, 2019, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Sep 6, 2019 |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Original | Sep 6, 2019 |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Original | Sep 6, 2019 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Nov 22, 2019 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Nov 22, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Nov 22, 2019 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2019Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 345.
- Dec 16, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10287-10291)
- Dec 16, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4229.
- Dec 16, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 16, 2019Mr. Doyle, Michael F. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1822 | Broadband DATA Act | Related bill | Mar 23, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional oversight
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Geography and mapping
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Science, Technology, Communications
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2019Placed on Calendar Senate
- Dec 16, 2019Engrossed in House
- Dec 16, 2019Reported in House
- Sep 6, 2019Introduced in House
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