US Congress House Bill 3162 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires (1) broadband service providers to fulfill certain reporting requirements, and (2) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a challenge process to aid in broadband mapping. Specifically, the bill requires each provider to report certain information regarding the geographic availability of broadband service it provides. The FCC must contract with an entity to provide data submission assistance to a provider that is unable to comply with this reporting requirement. Among other responsibilities, such entity shall provide support for the required challenge process and establish an ongoing data validation and verification process. The FCC is also required to establish a framework for a process whereby information challenging the accuracy of the National Broadband Map may be submitted. Subject to the challenge process and feedback received therefrom, specified federal agencies shall use the National Broadband Map to determine the extent of broadband availability and the areas of the United States that remain unserved.

Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2019

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. Troy Balderson [R-OH]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]
Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Tim Burchett [R-TN]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Denver Riggleman [R-VA]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Gregory Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Fred Keller [R-PA]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Ben Cline [R-VA]	Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]
Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]
Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2019-06-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-06-06	House	Introduced in House

SB1522 (Same As) 2019-05-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3162/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3162/BILLS-116hr3162ih.pdf