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Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and RadiotelegraphsRelease 119-110

§1703 Broadband Data Maps

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission means the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Broadband providers must give the FCC any information it asks for, in the format it requests, when that information is needed to add to the FCC’s data collected under Title VIII of the Communications Act or the Form 477 program. The FCC must notify broadband providers at least 60 days before the first deadline to submit data under section 802(a)(1)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(a)(1)(A)). The FCC is not required to give a six‑month notice before that initial deadline, even if it said it would before.

Full Legal Text

Title 47, §1703

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

(a)Definition
In this section, the term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission.
(b)Provision of information
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)Notice of initial broadband DATA collection filing deadline
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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Citation

47 U.S.C. § 1703

Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110