[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4227 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4227

To prohibit the submission to the Federal Communications Commission of 
broadband internet access service coverage information or data for the 
      purposes of compiling an inaccurate broadband coverage map.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2019

   Mr. McEachin (for himself, Mr. Long, Mr. Loebsack, and Mr. Latta) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the submission to the Federal Communications Commission of 
broadband internet access service coverage information or data for the 
      purposes of compiling an inaccurate broadband coverage map.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mapping Accuracy Promotes Services 
Act'' or the ``MAPS Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Broadband internet access service.--The term 
        ``broadband internet access service'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, or any successor regulation.
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (3) Provider.--The term ``provider'' means a provider of 
        fixed or mobile broadband internet access service.
            (4) Quality of service.--The term ``quality of service'' 
        means information regarding offered download and upload speeds 
        and latency of a provider's broadband internet access service 
        as determined by and to the extent otherwise collected by the 
        Commission.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for a person to willfully, 
knowingly, or recklessly submit broadband internet access service 
coverage information or data to the Commission for the purposes of 
compiling a broadband coverage map that is inaccurate with respect to 
the availability or quality of service of broadband internet access 
service.
    (b) Penalty.--Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be 
subject to an appropriate penalty, as determined by the Commission, 
under--
            (1) the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), 
        including section 501 of that Act (47 U.S.C. 501); and
            (2) the rules of the Commission.
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        subsection (a) shall apply with respect to broadband internet 
        access service coverage information or data that is submitted 
        to the Commission on or after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
            (2) Quality of service information or data.--To the extent 
        broadband internet access service coverage information or data 
        relates to quality of service, subsection (a) shall apply with 
        respect to information or data that is submitted on or after 
        the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act.
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