# 116-hr-4229: Broadband DATA Act

116-hr-4229, Broadband DATA Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA); status Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 345. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-4229
- Congress: 116
- Title: Broadband DATA Act
- Status: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 345.
- Introduced: 2019-09-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA)
- Cosponsors: 67
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Cosponsors (67)

- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH), 2019-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2019-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] (R-MO), 2019-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2019-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2019-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] (R-KY), 2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA), 2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] (R-WA), 2019-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2019-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] (D-PA), 2019-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] (R-IL), 2019-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2019-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2019-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2019-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2019-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2019-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2019-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME), 2019-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5] (D-OK), 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- GREG WALDEN (R-OR), 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL), 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6] (R-TX), 2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH), 2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] (R-IN), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] (R-MO), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] (D-IA), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] (R-GA), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1] (D-IA), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] (D-CA), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] (R-PA), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres Small, Xochitl [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] (R-GA), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] (R-MO), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19] (D-NY), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] (R-MN), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (R-MO), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- WILLIAM THORNBERRY (R-TX), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Riggleman, Denver [R-VA-5] (R-VA), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2019-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2019-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2019-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-4229 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4229)

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