MAP for Broadband Funding Act
Sponsored By: Senator Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
In Committee
Summary
Modernizing the Broadband Funding Map is the bill's central goal. The bill would make the Federal Communications Commission the lead agency, require coordination with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, start a quick inquiry into map quality, and order a Government Accountability Office study.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
GAO study of broadband funding map
If enacted, the Comptroller General would have to study the Broadband Funding Map and report to the appropriate congressional committees within 180 days after enactment. The GAO study would review whether federal agencies submit required program data under the IIJA, the Commission's management and interagency collaboration, and whether the Commission has authority to collect needed data. The study would also review NTIA's data efforts under the ACCESS BROADBAND Act and IIJA, coordination with USDA, HHS, Treasury, HUD, and IMLS, possible taxpayer savings from better Map use, and whether adding third-party mapping data is feasible.
Rules to improve broadband funding data
If enacted, the Federal Communications Commission (the Commission), working with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), would have to collect data that federal agencies submit for the Broadband Funding Map on a reasonable and timely basis to help federal broadband funds be used more efficiently and avoid overlap. The Commission would have to start a public notice of inquiry about the Map within 270 days after enactment and finish that inquiry within 120 days after it starts. Any Commissioner could request a vote before the notice starts; if a vote is requested, a majority of Commissioners would have to approve the notice for the inquiry to proceed. The inquiry would study data completeness, public usability of data categories, update timing, whether to expand program data, and whether to incorporate third-party mapping data or improve FCC mapping tools.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
NE • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 7/31/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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