MAP for Broadband Funding Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2585 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2585

To modernize and improve the Broadband Funding Map in order to promote
 the most efficient use of Federal funds for broadband deployment, and
                          for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2025

    Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL

To modernize and improve the Broadband Funding Map in order to promote
 the most efficient use of Federal funds for broadband deployment, and
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Modernization, Accountability, and
Planning for Broadband Funding Act'' or the ``MAP for Broadband Funding
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
                Transportation of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
                House of Representatives.
            (2) Broadband funding map.--The term ``Broadband Funding
        Map'' means the Deployment Locations Map, as defined in section
        60105(a) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47
        U.S.C. 1704(a)).
            (3) Broadband infrastructure.--The term ``broadband
        infrastructure'' has the meaning given that term in section
        60105(a) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47
        U.S.C. 1704(a)).
            (4) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal
        Communications Commission.
            (5) NTIA.--The term ``NTIA'' means the National
        Telecommunications and Information Administration.

SEC. 3. BROADBAND FUNDING MAP MODERNIZATION.

    (a) In General.--The Commission, in coordination with NTIA, shall
collect data submitted for the Broadband Funding Map by relevant
Federal agencies on a reasonable and timely basis pursuant to section
60105(d) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C.
1704), in order to promote the most efficient use of Federal funds for
broadband deployment and prevent redundant overbuilding of broadband
infrastructure with Federal funding.
    (b) Inquiry.--
            (1) Notice of inquiry.--Not later than 270 days after the
        date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall initiate a
        notice of inquiry concerning the optimum functionality and
        transparency of the Broadband Funding Map, including the
        quality and completeness of the data populated to the Broadband
        Funding Map.
            (2) Evaluation considerations.--In the inquiry, the
        Commission shall include evaluation of the following
        considerations:
                    (A) The adequacy with which Federal agencies have
                been able to collect and submit the required categories
                of data pursuant to section 60105(d) of the
                Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1704)
                to date.
                    (B) The usability of such existing categories of
                data described in subparagraph (A) to the public, and
                whether any category should be added, eliminated, or
                otherwise altered for improved user experience.
                    (C) The timeliness of periodic updates from Federal
                agencies to the Broadband Funding Map described in
                subparagraph (A) pursuant to section 60105(e) of the
                Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C.
                1704).
                    (D) Whether the scope of programmatic data to be
                reported to the Broadband Funding Map pursuant to
                section 60105(d)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment
                and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1704) should be expanded.
                    (E) Any manners in which the Commission should
                potentially augment or streamline the Broadband Funding
                Map with existing Commission mapping tools.
            (3) Completion.--Not later than 120 days after the
        initiation of the inquiry under paragraph (1), the Commission
        shall complete the inquiry.

SEC. 4. GAO STUDY AND REPORT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller of the United States shall--
            (1) conduct a study on the roles, responsibilities, and
        progress to date of Federal agencies to maintain the Broadband
        Funding Map and ensure the completeness and continued relevance
        of the Broadband Funding Map; and
            (2) submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
        report on the study under paragraph (1) that includes the
        findings and conclusions of the Comptroller General.
    (b) Requirements.--In conducting the study required under
subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall review the following:
            (1) The extent to which each eligible Federal agency is
        submitting programmatic data to the Broadband Funding Map
        adequately and in compliance with section 60105 of the
        Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1704),
        including identification of any--
                    (A) successful best practices in submitting such
                data to the Commission; and
                    (B) challenges resulting in incomplete data
                submissions from an agency or individual program to the
                Commission.
            (2) The proficiency of the Commission's management of the
        Broadband Funding Map and related interagency collaboration.
            (3) Whether the Commission has sufficient authority to
        collect the necessary data from Federal agencies to populate
        the Broadband Funding Map.
            (4) The respective data collection efforts of NTIA pursuant
        to the ACCESS BROADBAND Act (47 U.S.C. 1307) and section 60105
        of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1704).
            (5) The effectiveness of coordination among the Commission,
        NTIA, and other relevant Federal agencies that provide funding
        for broadband infrastructure deployment, including the
        Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human
        Services, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of
        Housing and Urban Development, and the Institute of Museum and
        Library Sciences, pursuant to section 60105(g) of the
        Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1704).
            (6) How enhanced use of the Broadband Funding Map across
        relevant Federal agencies could improve taxpayer savings.
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