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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1044 

To create a task force at the Federal Communications Commission to ensure 

the policy and funding decisions of the Commission are informed by 

data collection and analysis required in title VIII of the Communications 

Act of 1934, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2021 

Ms. CRAIG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To create a task force at the Federal Communications Commission to ensure the policy and funding decisions of 

the Commission are informed by data collection and analysis required in title VIII of the Communications Act 

of 1934, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Broadband - Meas5 uring Availability and Aligning Policies Task Force Act’’ 

6 or the ‘‘Broadband MAPS Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. BROADBAND MAAPS TASK FORCE. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 

3 the date of the enactment of this section, the Commission 

4 shall establish the Broadband MAAPS Task Force. 

5 (b) CHAIR.—The Commission shall designate a Chair 

6 of the Task Force. 

7 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Task Force 

8 shall include designees selected by the Commission from 

9 bureaus and offices of the Commission. 

10 (d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Task Force shall be re11 sponsible for the following: 

12 (1) Coordinate, monitor, and oversee the work 

13 of the bureaus and offices to implement title VIII of 

14 the Communications Act (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.) 

15 and the Secure and Trusted Communications Net16 works Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), includ17 ing creating and updating the broadband availability 

18 maps. 

19 (2) Identify any ongoing and anticipated Com20 mission action, including any report, rulemaking, 

21 and funding program, such as the Universal Service 

22 Fund programs, that should be informed by the 

23 broadband availability maps. 

24 (3) Ensure that any relevant ongoing and an25 ticipated Commission action, including any report, 

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1 versal Service Fund programs, is informed by the 

2 broadband availability maps. 

3 (4) Not later than 18 months after the date of 

4 the enactment of this section, provide the commit5 tees of jurisdiction an estimate of the ongoing cost 

6 associated with maintaining the broadband avail7 ability maps. 

8 (5) Provide any recommendation, if necessary, 

9 to the committees of jurisdiction to ensure that the 

10 Commission can produce accurate broadband avail11 ability maps with sufficient granularity to allow the 

12 Commission to determine the areas in the United 

13 States that lack broadband internet access service. 

14 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) BROADBAND AVAILABILITY MAPS.—The 

16 term ‘‘broadband availability maps’’ means the maps 

17 required under section 802 of the Communications 

18 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642). 

19 (2) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.— 

20 The term ‘‘broadband internet access service’’ has 

21 the meaning given that term in section 8.1(b) of title 

22 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 

23 regulation. 

24 (3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

25 means the Federal Communications Commission. 


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1 (4) COMMITTEES OF JURISDICTION.—The term 

2 ‘‘committees of jurisdiction’’ means the Committee 

3 on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep4 resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

5 Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 

6 (5) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 

7 means the Broadband MAAPS Task Force estab8 lished pursuant to subsection (a). 

9 (6) UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND PROGRAM.—The 

10 term ‘‘Universal Service Fund program’’ means any 

11 program authorized in section 254(h) of the Com12 munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)). 

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