Bill SponsorBILLSPONSOR
Bill Sponsor
Politicians
Bills
Senate Bill 3093
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Broadband Speed Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Dec 18, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced in Senate 
Dec 18, 2019
Not Scanned for Linkage
About Linkage
Multiple bills can contain the same text. This could be an identical bill in the opposite chamber or a smaller bill with a section embedded in a larger bill.
Bill Sponsor regularly scans bill texts to find sections that are contained in other bill texts. When a matching section is found, the bills containing that section can be viewed by clicking "View Bills" within the bill text section.
Bill Sponsor is currently only finding exact word-for-word section matches. In a future release, partial matches will be included.
Introduced in Senate(Dec 18, 2019)
Dec 18, 2019
Not Scanned for Linkage
About Linkage
Multiple bills can contain the same text. This could be an identical bill in the opposite chamber or a smaller bill with a section embedded in a larger bill.
Bill Sponsor regularly scans bill texts to find sections that are contained in other bill texts. When a matching section is found, the bills containing that section can be viewed by clicking "View Bills" within the bill text section.
Bill Sponsor is currently only finding exact word-for-word section matches. In a future release, partial matches will be included.
Jump To
S. 3093 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3093


To improve the collection of broadband speed data by the Federal Communications Commission in order to support the effective deployment of broadband services to all areas in the United States, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 18, 2019

Mr. Merkley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To improve the collection of broadband speed data by the Federal Communications Commission in order to support the effective deployment of broadband services to all areas in the United States, 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 “Broadband Speed Act”.

SEC. 2. Broadband speed test.

(a) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.—The term “broadband internet access service”—

(A) means a mass-market retail service by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of the communications service;

(B) includes any service that the Commission finds to be providing a functional equivalent of the service described in subparagraph (A); and

(C) does not include dial-up internet service.

(2) COMMISSION.—The term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission.

(b) Regulations required.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue a rule that—

(1) establishes an annual reporting requirement under which each provider of broadband internet access service shall submit to the Commission a report on broadband speed data based on a reasonable sample that is captured to demonstrate that the provider is capable of performing at the speed reported to the Commission on Form 477 or any successor report;

(2) establishes a fine for any provider that is found under paragraph (1) to have willfully or knowingly provided false data about the speeds offered; and

(3) to minimize duplication, incorporates any other requirements issued by the Commission relating to reporting on broadband speed data.

(c) Broadband speed requirement for infrastructure funding.—Any broadband infrastructure that is built with funding awarded on or after the date of enactment of this Act from the Federal universal service support programs established under section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) shall provide broadband internet access service with a download speed of not less than 100 megabits per second.