§1704 Broadband Deployment Locations Map

Summary

Create an online public map that shows where every broadband infrastructure project paid for by the Federal Government is located. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must build the map no later than 18 months after November 15, 2021, and work with other federal agencies. The map must be the central, official source about federal broadband funding and must be on the FCC website. Key parts: broadband infrastructure means cables, fiber, wiring, or other permanent systems (including wireless) that bring internet to a place. The Commission means the FCC. The Deployment Locations Map means the online tool. The map must include data from the FCC, NTIA, Department of Agriculture, HHS, Treasury, HUD, the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, and any other federal agency that gives such data. It must cover funding from this Act, the CARES Act (P.L. 116–136), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116–260), the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117–2), and any federal programs or money after November 15, 2021. For each program the map must show the agency, program name, network type (wired, terrestrial fixed, wireless, mobile, satellite), and let users search or filter by company name, project dates, number of locations served, and upload/download speeds. The map must include service-availability data from the national Broadband Map, be updated at least every 180 days, and agencies must report data to the FCC regularly. The map must not change agencies’ missions and must avoid duplicating the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is set aside to carry out the map.