47 USC 1704 - Broadband Deployment Locations Map

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 1704.

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 1302(d) of this title.

(2)

Commission

(3)

Deployment Locations Map

(b)

Establishment of Deployment Locations Map

(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—

(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 November 15, 2021, 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 642(c)(1) of this title.

(e)

Periodic updates

(1)

In general

(2)

Other Federal agencies

(f)

No effect on programmatic missions

(g)

Nonduplication

(h)

Funding

(Pub. L. 117–58, div. F, title I, § 60105, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1206.)

cite as: 47 USC 1704