3.0.0 2275 2022-11-01T13:50:22Z 2022-11-01T13:50:22Z Senate S 2019-07-25 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-25T17:25:58Z Broadband Transparency and Accountability Act of 2019 116 4024 HR 2019-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Identical bill CRS 2019-07-25 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-07-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Consumer affairs Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Geography and mapping Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Intergovernmental relations Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Marketing and advertising Public-private cooperation State and local government operations Telecommunication rates and fees User charges and fees Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-07-25 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-28T16:14:59Z Broadband Transparency and Accountability Act of 2019

This bill addresses how internet service providers report data on the availability of broadband across the country and how the federal government verifies and shares such data.

Specifically, the bill requires providers to report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) data for each covered household in a census block showing

  • average speed and price of broadband service;
  • latency, or the delay before a transfer of data begins following an instruction for its transfer;
  • denials of service and their reason; and
  • type of broadband technology available.

Providers must also report data measuring the characteristics of broadband service as advertised and as delivered.

The FCC must make the collected data available to certain governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, and researchers.

Further, the bill requires the FCC to develop a searchable map of existing broadband service capability and availability.

]]> Broadband Transparency and Accountability Act of 2019 Display Title Broadband Transparency and Accountability Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Broadband Transparency and Accountability Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the collection and distribution of broadband availability data. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2275is/xml/BILLS-116s2275is.xml 2019-07-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.