[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACCURACY AND TECHNOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY ACT

  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, schools, libraries, healthcare providers, 
and other community anchor institutions need high-capacity broadband 
for distance learning, access to information, and telemedicine, but too 
often, anchor institutions' need for broadband service are overlooked. 
That is why I want to make sure that anchor institutions are included 
in the mapping legislation under consideration today. I am pleased that 
S. 1822 will enable the Federal Communications Commission to develop 
more accurate and more granular broadband maps. However, in 
implementing this legislation, the FCC must make sure to include anchor 
institutions in its list of serviceable locations so that our broadband 
maps accurately cover anchor institutions as well as residences.

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