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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9450 

To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the ACCESS 

BROADBAND Act to provide for improvements to the broadband Deployment Locations Map of the Federal Communications Commission 

and the broadband infrastructure funding database of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 

Mr. PFLUGER (for himself and Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and 

the ACCESS BROADBAND Act to provide for improvements to the broadband Deployment Locations Map of 

the Federal Communications Commission and the 

broadband infrastructure funding database of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Provide Rigorous Over3 sight To Optimize Connectivity and Offset Latency Act’’ 

4 or the ‘‘PROTOCOL Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO FCC BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT 

6 LOCATIONS MAP AND NTIA BROADBAND IN7 FRASTRUCTURE FUNDING DATABASE. 

8 (a) ADDITIONAL DATA ELEMENTS.— 

9 (1) FCC MAP.—Section 60105(d) of the Infra10 structure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 

11 1704(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and 

12 inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(3) allows users to manipulate the Deployment 

14 Locations Map to identify, search, and filter 

15 broadband infrastructure deployment projects by— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Federal agency of jurisdiction; 

17 ‘‘(B) the program title; 

18 ‘‘(C) the network type, including wired, 

19 terrestrial fixed, wireless, mobile, and satellite 

20 broadband infrastructure deployment; 

21 ‘‘(D) the name of the entity receiving sup22 port to deploy the broadband infrastructure; 

23 ‘‘(E) whether the entity receiving support 

24 to deploy the broadband infrastructure is— 

25 ‘‘(i) a private, for-profit entity; 

26 ‘‘(ii) a nonprofit organization; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) a public-private partnership; 

2 ‘‘(iv) a public utility; 

3 ‘‘(v) a private utility; 

4 ‘‘(vi) a public utility district; 

5 ‘‘(vii) a government entity; 

6 ‘‘(viii) a cooperative; 

7 ‘‘(ix) a Tribal entity; or 

8 ‘‘(x) a type of entity not listed in 

9 clauses (i) through (ix); 

10 ‘‘(F) the amount of Federal funding 

11 awarded; 

12 ‘‘(G) whether any non-Federal matching 

13 funds were contributed, and, if so, the amount 

14 of such funds; 

15 ‘‘(H) the duration timeline, including the 

16 dates of a project’s beginning and ending, or 

17 anticipated beginning or ending date; 

18 ‘‘(I) the total number of locations to which 

19 a project makes service available; and 

20 ‘‘(J) minimum required download and 

21 upload speeds;’’. 

22 (2) NTIA DATABASE.—Section 903(c)(2)(A) of 

23 the ACCESS BROADBAND Act (47 U.S.C. 

24 1307(c)(2)(A)) is amended— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘The Office’’ and inserting 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Office’’; and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(ii) DATA ELEMENTS.—For any 

6 Federal broadband support program or 

7 Universal Service Fund Program that pro8 vides support for broadband infrastructure 

9 deployment, the database required by 

10 clause (i) shall include the data described 

11 in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 

12 60105(d) of the Infrastructure Investment 

13 and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1704(d)).’’. 

14 (b) DEFINITIONS OF FEDERAL BROADBAND SUP15 PORT PROGRAM AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 903(g) of the AC17 CESS BROADBAND Act (47 U.S.C. 1307(g)) is 

18 amended— 

19 (A) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(H) The Broadband Equity, Access, and 

22 Deployment Program established under section 

23 60102 of the Infrastructure Investment and 

24 Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702).’’; 


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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

2 through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (9), re3 spectively; and 

4 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(3) BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 

7 term ‘broadband infrastructure’ has the meaning 

8 given such term in section 60105(a) of the Infra9 structure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 

10 1704(a)).’’. 

11 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 903 

12 of the ACCESS BROADBAND Act (47 U.S.C. 

13 1307) is amended— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘broadband deployment’’ 

15 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘broadband 

16 infrastructure deployment’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (8) (as redesignated by 

18 this section) of subsection (g), by striking 

19 ‘‘broadband’’ and inserting ‘‘broadband infra20 structure’’. 

21 (c) COORDINATION BETWEEN FCC AND NTIA.— 

22 Section 60105(g) of the Infrastructure Investment and 

23 Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1704(g)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘NONDUPLICA2 TION’’ and inserting ‘‘NONDUPLICATION; COORDINA3 TION’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The 

5 Commission and the Assistant Secretary of Com6 merce for Communications and Information shall co7 ordinate with each other to ensure consistency be8 tween, and accuracy in, the Deployment Locations 

9 Map and the central database required by subsection 

10 (c)(2)(A) of such section.’’. 

11 (d) STATE REPORTING.— 

12 (1) DATA RELATING TO FEDERAL PROGRAMS.— 

13 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the As15 sistant Secretary shall transmit to each State a re16 quest for the State to submit to the Assistant Sec17 retary a report, with respect to the 1-year period im18 mediately preceding the report date, that— 

19 (A) lists the locations at which broadband 

20 service was made available using broadband in21 frastructure deployed with support provided 

22 through any covered Federal award received by 

23 the State; and 

24 (B) lists any subgrants or other awards 

25 made by the State to other entities of support 


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1 provided through a covered Federal award re2 ceived by the State, and the locations at which 

3 broadband service will be made available using 

4 broadband infrastructure deployed with such 

5 support. 

6 (2) DATA RELATING TO STATE PROGRAMS.—In 

7 requesting a State to submit a report under para8 graph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall request the 

9 State to include in the report, with respect to the 1- 

10 year period immediately preceding the report date— 

11 (A) a list of the locations at which 

12 broadband service was made available using 

13 broadband infrastructure deployed with support 

14 provided through a program established by the 

15 State; and 

16 (B) a list of any awards of support for the 

17 deployment of broadband infrastructure made 

18 by the State through a program established by 

19 the State, and the locations at which broadband 

20 service will be made available using broadband 

21 infrastructure deployed with such support. 

22 (3) TRANSMISSION BY NTIA TO FCC.—Not later 

23 than 45 days after receiving a report from a State 

24 in response to a request under paragraph (1), the 


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1 Assistant Secretary shall transmit the report to the 

2 Commission. 

3 (4) INCLUSION IN FCC MAP AND NTIA DATA4 BASE.— 

5 (A) FCC MAP.—Section 60105(d) of the 

6 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 

7 U.S.C. 1704(d)), as amended by the preceding 

8 provisions of this section, is further amended— 

9 (i) in paragraph (4), by striking the 

10 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

11 and 

12 (ii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(5) incorporates the data in the State reports 

15 transmitted to the Commission by the Assistant Sec16 retary of Commerce for Communications and Infor17 mation under section 2(d) of the PROTOCOL Act.’’. 

18 (B) NTIA DATABASE.—Section 

19 903(c)(2)(A) of the ACCESS BROADBAND 

20 Act (47 U.S.C. 1307(c)(2)(A)), as amended by 

21 the preceding provisions of this section, is fur22 ther amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(iii) DATA SUBMITTED BY STATES.— 

25 The database required by clause (i) shall 


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1 incorporate the data in the State reports 

2 submitted to the Assistant Secretary under 

3 section 2(d) of the PROTOCOL Act.’’. 

4 (e) REQUIRED USE OF FCC MAP BY FEDERAL

5 AGENCIES; OUTREACH BY FCC.—Section 60105 of the 

6 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1704) 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(i) REQUIRED USE OF MAP BY FEDERAL AGEN9 CIES; OUTREACH BY FCC.— 

10 ‘‘(1) REQUIRED USE.—Each Federal agency 

11 providing funding for broadband infrastructure de12 ployment shall use the Deployment Locations Map 

13 in making an award of any such funding. 

14 ‘‘(2) OUTREACH.—The Commission shall con15 duct outreach to each Federal agency providing 

16 funding for broadband infrastructure deployment to 

17 ensure that such agency is aware of— 

18 ‘‘(A) the requirement of subsection (e)(2) 

19 to report relevant data to the Commission; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the requirement of paragraph (1) of 

21 this subsection to use the Deployment Loca22 tions Map in making an award of such fund23 ing.’’. 

24 (f) DEFINITIONS.— 

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this section: 


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1 (A) BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 

2 term ‘‘broadband infrastructure’’ has the mean3 ing given such term in section 60105(a) of the 

4 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (47 

5 U.S.C. 1704(a)). 

6 (B) BROADBAND SERVICE.—The term 

7 ‘‘broadband service’’ has the meaning given the 

8 term ‘‘broadband internet access service’’ in 

9 section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Reg10 ulations, or any successor regulation. 

11 (C) COVERED FEDERAL AWARD.—The 

12 term ‘‘covered Federal award’’ means any 

13 award made under a covered Federal program, 

14 to the extent such award provides support for 

15 broadband infrastructure deployment. 

16 (D) COVERED FEDERAL PROGRAM.—The 

17 term ‘‘covered Federal program’’ means any of 

18 the following: 

19 (i) A Federal broadband support pro20 gram. 

21 (ii) A Universal Service Fund Pro22 gram. 

23 (E) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means 

24 each State of the United States, the District of 


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1 Columbia, and each commonwealth, territory, or 

2 possession of the United States. 

3 (2) TERMS DEFINED IN ACCESS BROADBAND

4 ACT.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Assistant Sec5 retary’’, ‘‘Commission’’, ‘‘Federal broadband support 

6 program’’, and ‘‘Universal Service Fund Program’’ 

7 have the meanings given such terms in section 

8 903(g) of the ACCESS BROADBAND Act (47 

9 U.S.C. 1307(g)). 

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