Data BRIDGE Act
Latest action · Sep 16, 2026 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
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.
- IntroducedAug 12, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Data Broadband Reporting and Integration for Deployment in Geographically Essential Areas Act or the Data BRIDGE Act
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update the National Broadband Map to include data on the location of agricultural areas as a layer of the map and to maintain this data in the map moving forward. (The map depicts the availability of broadband internet service across the United States.)
In incorporating this data, the FCC must consult with (1) the Department of Agriculture, including with respect to existing data on the location of agricultural areas; and (2) with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, states, and other relevant stakeholders.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 12, 2025 to Sep 15, 2026; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Original | Aug 12, 2025 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Aug 12, 2025 |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Original | Aug 12, 2025 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Aug 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Aug 12, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Aug 12, 2025 |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Original | Aug 12, 2025 |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Jul 22, 2026 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Sep 15, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Aug 12, 2025Markup Sep 16, 2026 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Aug 12, 2025Markup Sep 1, 2026Reported Sep 1, 2026 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 16, 2026Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
- Sep 1, 2026Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 1, 2026Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Aug 12, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- Aug 12, 2025Introduced in House
- Aug 12, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 137, August 12, 2025, page H3693.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate into the National Broadband Map of the Commission a layer that presents data on the location of agricultural areas, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Data BRIDGE Act
- Data Broadband Reporting and Integration for Deployment in Geographically Essential Areas Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 12, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
