Senate Bill 1822
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Broadband DATA Act
Became Law
Amendments
Became Public Law 116-130 on Mar 23, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1822
Congress
116
Policy Area
Science, Technology, Communications
Science, Technology, Communications
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checkPassed on December 19, 2019
Status
Passed
Type
Unanimous Consent
Unanimous Consent
A senator may request unanimous consent on the floor to set aside a specified rule of procedure so as to expedite proceedings. If no Senator objects, the Senate permits the action, but if any one senator objects, the request is rejected. Unanimous consent requests with only immediate effects are routinely granted, but ones affecting the floor schedule, the conditions of considering a bill or other business, or the rights of other senators, are normally not offered, or a floor leader will object to it, until all senators concerned have had an opportunity to inform the leaders that they find it acceptable.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Summary
Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act or the Broadband DATA Act
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to change the way broadband data is collected, verified, and reported.
Specifically, the FCC must collect and disseminate granular broadband service availability data (broadband maps) from wired, fixed-wireless, satellite, and mobile broadband providers. To do this, the FCC is required to establish the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric (a dataset of geocoded information for all broadband service locations, atop which broadband maps are overlaid) as the vehicle for reporting broadband service availability data.
Additionally, the FCC must put forth specified requirements for service availability data collected from broadband providers, and it must create a challenge process to enable the submission of independent data challenging the accuracy of FCC broadband maps.
March 3, 2020
December 19, 2019
December 12, 2019
June 12, 2019
Amendments (2)
Mar 03, 2020
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 803
An amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert a new text entitled "Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act" or the "Broadband DATA Act".
Agreed To
Dec 19, 2019
Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1268
In the nature of a substitute.
Agreed To
03/23/2020
Became Public Law No: 116-130.
03/23/2020
Signed by President.
03/12/2020
Presented to President.
03/11/2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
03/10/2020
Senate agreed to the House amendment to S.1822 by Unanimous Consent.
03/10/2020
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to S.1822 by Unanimous Consent.
03/10/2020
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1660)
03/04/2020
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
03/03/2020
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
03/03/2020
On passage Passed without objection. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1461-1464)
03/03/2020
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
03/03/2020
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1458-1464)
03/03/2020
Mr. Pallone asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
12/19/2019
Held at the desk.
12/19/2019
Received in the House.
12/19/2019
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
12/19/2019
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
12/19/2019
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
12/19/2019
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
12/19/2019
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7178-7180)
12/12/2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 328.
12/12/2019
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-174.
07/24/2019
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
06/12/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
06/12/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 17, 2023 9:43:49 PM