[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5587-S5588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2164. Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Ms. Cortez Masto) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. 
Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for 
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place in division F, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 60___. BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT LOCATIONS MAP.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Broadband infrastructure.--The term ``broadband 
     infrastructure'' means any cables, fiber optics, wiring, or 
     other permanent (integral to the structure) infrastructure, 
     including wireless infrastructure, that--
       (A) is capable of providing access to internet connections 
     in individual locations; and
       (B) is an advanced telecommunications capability, as 
     defined in section 706(d) of the Telecommunications Act of 
     1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302(d)).
       (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
     Communications Commission.
       (3) Deployment locations map.--The term ``Deployment 
     Locations Map'' means the mapping tool required to be 
     established under subsection (b).
       (b) Establishment of Deployment Locations Map.--Not later 
     than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Commission shall, in consultation with all relevant Federal 
     agencies, establish an online mapping tool to provide a 
     locations overview of the overall geographic footprint of 
     each broadband infrastructure deployment project funded by 
     the Federal Government.
       (c) Requirements.--The Deployment Locations Map shall be--
       (1) the centralized, authoritative source of information on 
     funding made available by the Federal Government for 
     broadband infrastructure deployment in the United States; and
       (2) made publicly available on the website of the 
     Commission.
       (d) Functions.--In establishing the Deployment Locations 
     Map, the Commission shall ensure that the Deployment 
     Locations Map--
       (1) compiles data related to Federal funding for broadband 
     infrastructure deployment provided by the Commission, the 
     National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
     the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and 
     Human Services, the Department of the Treasury, the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Institute of 
     Museum and Library Sciences, and any other Federal agency 
     that provides such data relating to broadband infrastructure 
     deployment funding to the Commission, including funding 
     under--

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       (A) this Act;
       (B) the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
     (Public Law 116-136);
       (C) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 
     116-260);
       (D) American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2); or
       (E) any Federal amounts appropriated or any Federal program 
     authorized after the date of enactment of this Act to fund 
     broadband infrastructure deployment;
       (2) contains data, with respect to each broadband 
     infrastructure deployment program, relating to--
       (A) the Federal agency of jurisdiction;
       (B) the program title; and
       (C) the network type, including wired, terrestrial fixed, 
     wireless, mobile, and satellite broadband infrastructure 
     deployment;
       (3) allows users to manipulate the Deployment Locations Map 
     to identify, search, and filter broadband infrastructure 
     deployment projects by--
       (A) company name;
       (B) duration timeline, including the dates of a project's 
     beginning and ending, or anticipated beginning or ending 
     date;
       (C) total number of locations to which a project makes 
     service available; and
       (D) relevant download and upload speeds; and
       (4) incorporates broadband service availability data as 
     depicted in the Broadband Map created under section 802(c)(1) 
     of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(c)(1)).
       (e) Periodic Updates.--
       (1) In general.--The Commission shall, in consultation with 
     relevant Federal agencies, ensure the Deployment Locations 
     Map is maintained and up to date on a periodic basis, but not 
     less frequently than once every 180 days.
       (2) Other federal agencies.--Each Federal agency providing 
     funding for broadband infrastructure deployment shall report 
     relevant data to the Commission on a periodic basis.
       (f) No Effect on Programmatic Missions.--Nothing in this 
     section shall be construed to affect the programmatic 
     missions of Federal agencies providing funding for broadband 
     infrastructure development.
       (g) Nonduplication.--The requirements in this section shall 
     be consistent with and avoid duplication with the provisions 
     of section 903 of division FF of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
       (h) Funding.--Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this 
     division under this Act, $10,000,000 shall be made available 
     to carry out this section.
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