Community Broadband Mapping Act

To allow Rural Utilities Service telecommunications grants to be made for the collection of broadband infrastructure data by local governments, economic development or other community organizations, electric or telephone cooperatives, and small internet providers. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Broadband Mapping Act 2. Rural Broadband Access Grants Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb (l) Authority To make grants to certain entities To collect broadband infrastructure data Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary may make a grant under this section to a unit of local government, an economic development or other community organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of enabling the collection of data relating to where broadband infrastructure is located and which homes are provided with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to any household service percentage requirement, and in determining the eligibility of any such entity for such a grant, the term rural area . 3. Expansion of Middle Mile Infrastructure Into Rural Areas Grants Section 602 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb–1 (h) Authority To make grants to certain entities To collect broadband infrastructure data Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary may make a grant under this section to a unit of local government, an economic development or other community organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of enabling the collection of data relating to where broadband infrastructure is located and which homes are provided with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to any household service percentage requirement, and in determining the eligibility of any such entity for such a grant, the term rural area . 4. Innovative Broadband Advancement Grants Section 603 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb–2 (f) Authority To make grants to certain entities To collect broadband infrastructure data Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary may make a grant under this section to a unit of local government, an economic development or other community organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of enabling the collection of data relating to where broadband infrastructure is located and which homes are provided with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to any household service percentage requirement, and in determining the eligibility of any such entity for such a grant, the term rural area . 5. Community Connect Grants Section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb–3 (h) Authority To make grants to certain entities To collect broadband infrastructure data Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary may make a grant under this section to a unit of local government, an economic development or other community organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of enabling the collection of data relating to where broadband infrastructure is located and which homes are provided with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to any household service percentage requirement, and in determining the eligibility of any such entity for such a grant, the term rural area . 6. Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants Section 2333 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 950aaa–2 (j) Authority To make grants to certain entities To collect broadband infrastructure data Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary may make a grant under this section to a unit of local government, an economic development or other community organization, an electric cooperative (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act) that sells electric energy to persons in rural areas, a telephone cooperative, or an internet service provider that has not more than 100,000 subscribers, for the purpose of enabling the collection of data relating to where broadband infrastructure is located and which homes are provided with non-satellite broadband service, without regard to any household service percentage requirement, and in determining the eligibility of any such entity for such a grant, the term rural area . 7. ReConnect Grants Section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (132 Stat. 399; Public Law 115–141 : Provided further rural area 8. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Community Broadband Mapping Act This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service to award telecommunications grants to local governments, electric and telephone cooperatives, economic development and community groups, and small internet providers for collecting local broadband service information.