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Title 47 — Telegraphs, Telephones, and RadiotelegraphsRelease 119-73

§1703 Broadband DATA maps

Title 47 › Chapter CHAPTER 16— - BROADBAND ACCESS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - BROADBAND GRANTS FOR STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES › § 1703

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Commission means the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Broadband providers must give the FCC any information it asks for, in the format requested, to support data under title VIII or the Form 477 program. The FCC must notify providers at least 60 days before the initial submission deadline under section 802(a)(1)(A) and does not have to give a 6‑month notice.

Full Legal Text

Title 47, §1703

Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In this section, the term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission.
(b)A broadband provider shall provide the Commission with any information, in the format, type, or specification requested by the Commission, necessary to augment the collection of data by the Commission under—
(1)title VIII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.); or
(2)the Form 477 data collection program.
(c)The Commission—
(1)shall provide notice to broadband providers not later than 60 days before the initial deadline for submission of data under section 802(a)(1)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(a)(1)(A)); and
(2)notwithstanding any prior decision of the Commission to the contrary, shall not be required to provide notice not later than 6 months before the initial deadline described in paragraph (1).

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The Communications Act of 1934, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064. Title VIII of the Act is classified generally to subchapter VII (§ 641 et seq.) of chapter 5 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables. Codification Section is comprised of section 60103 of Pub. L. 117–58. Subsecs. (d) and (e) of section 60103 of Pub. L. 117–58 amended section 642 of this title.

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47 U.S.C. § 1703

Title 47 — Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73