‘‘(C) 
IMPLEMENTATION
PRIORITY.—The 
Commission shall prioritize implementing the 
Fabric for rural and insular areas of the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The rules 
issued by the Commission under subsection (a)(1) 
shall include uniform standards for the reporting of 
broadband internet access service data that the Com-
mission shall collect— 
‘‘(A) from each provider of terrestrial fixed, 
fixed wireless, or satellite broadband internet ac-
cess service, which shall include data that— 
‘‘(i) documents the areas where the 
provider— 
‘‘(I) has actually built out the 
broadband network infrastructure of 
the provider such that the provider is 
able to provide that service; and 
‘‘(II) could provide that service, 
as determined by identifying where the 
provider is capable of performing a 
standard broadband installation, if ap-
plicable; 
‘‘(ii) includes information regarding 
download and upload speeds, at various 
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thresholds established by the Commission, 
and, if applicable, latency with respect to 
broadband internet access service that the 
provider makes available; 
‘‘(iii) can be georeferenced to the GIS 
data in the Fabric; 
‘‘(iv) the provider shall report as— 
‘‘(I) with respect to providers of 
fixed wireless broadband internet ac-
cess service— 
‘‘(aa) propagation maps and 
propagation model details that— 
‘‘(AA) satisfy standards 
that are similar to those ap-
plicable to providers of mo-
bile broadband internet ac-
cess service under subpara-
graph (B) with respect to 
propagation maps and prop-
agation model details, taking 
into account material dif-
ferences between fixed wire-
less and mobile broadband 
internet access service; and 
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‘‘(BB) reflect the speeds 
and latency of the service 
provided by the provider; or 
‘‘(bb) a list of addresses or lo-
cations that constitute the service 
area of the provider, except that 
the Commission— 
‘‘(AA) may only permit, 
and not require, a provider 
to report the data using that 
means of reporting; and 
‘‘(BB) 
in 
the 
rules 
issued 
under 
subsection 
(a)(1), shall provide a meth-
od for using that means of 
reporting with respect to 
Tribal areas; and 
‘‘(II) with respect to providers of 
terrestrial 
fixed 
and 
satellite 
broadband internet access service— 
‘‘(aa) polygon shapefiles; or 
‘‘(bb) a list of addresses or lo-
cations that constitute the service 
area of the provider, except that 
the Commission— 
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‘‘(AA) may only permit, 
and not require, a provider 
to report the data using that 
means of reporting; and 
‘‘(BB) 
in 
the 
rules 
issued 
under 
subsection 
(a)(1), shall provide a meth-
od for using that means of 
reporting with respect to 
Tribal areas; and 
‘‘(v) the Commission determines is ap-
propriate with respect to certain tech-
nologies in order to ensure that the 
Broadband Map is granular and accurate; 
and 
‘‘(B) 
from 
each 
provider 
of 
mobile 
broadband internet access service, which shall in-
clude propagation maps, and propagation model 
details, that indicate the current (as of the date 
on which the information is collected) fourth gen-
eration Long-Term Evolution (commonly re-
ferred to as ‘4G LTE’) mobile broadband inter-
net access service coverage of the provider, which 
shall— 
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‘‘(i) take into consideration the effect of 
clutter; and 
‘‘(ii) satisfy— 
‘‘(I) the requirements of having— 
‘‘(aa) a download speed of 
not less than 5 megabits per sec-
ond and an upload speed of not 
less than 1 megabit per second 
with a cell edge probability of not 
less than 90 percent; and 
‘‘(bb) cell loading of not less 
than 50 percent; and 
‘‘(II) any other parameter that 
the Commission determines to be nec-
essary to create a map under sub-
section (c)(1)(C) that is more precise 
than the map produced as a result of 
the submissions under the Mobility 
Fund Phase II information collection. 
‘‘(3) UPDATE
OF
REPORTING
STANDARDS
FOR 
MOBILE
BROADBAND
INTERNET
ACCESS
SERVICE.— 
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(B), if the Commis-
sion determines that the reporting standards under 
that paragraph are insufficient to collect accurate 
propagation maps and propagation model details 
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with 
respect 
to 
future 
generations 
of 
mobile 
broadband internet access service technologies, the 
Commission shall immediately commence a rule-
making to adopt new reporting standards with re-
spect to those technologies that— 
‘‘(A) shall be the functional equivalent of 
the standards required under paragraph (2)(B); 
and 
‘‘(B) allow for the collection of propagation 
maps and propagation model details that are as 
accurate and granular as, or more accurate and 
granular than, the maps and model details col-
lected by the Commission under paragraph 
(2)(B). 
‘‘(4) CERTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION.—With 
respect to a provider that submits information to the 
Commission under paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(A) the provider shall include in each sub-
mission a certification from a corporate officer of 
the provider that the officer has examined the in-
formation contained in the submission and that, 
to the best of the officer’s actual knowledge, infor-
mation, and belief, all statements of fact con-
tained in the submission are true and correct; 
and 
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‘‘(B) the Commission shall verify the accu-
racy and reliability of the information in ac-
cordance with measures established by the Com-
mission. 
‘‘(5) CHALLENGE PROCESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In the rules issued 
under subsection (a)(1), and subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Commission shall establish a 
user-friendly challenge process through which 
consumers, State, local, and Tribal governmental 
entities, and other entities or persons may sub-
mit coverage data to the Commission to challenge 
the accuracy of— 
‘‘(i) the coverage maps; 
‘‘(ii) any information submitted by a 
provider 
regarding 
the 
availability 
of 
broadband internet access service; or 
‘‘(iii) the information included in the 
Fabric. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS; VERIFICATION; RE-
SPONSE
TO
CHALLENGES.—In establishing the 
challenge process required under subparagraph 
(A), the Commission shall— 
‘‘(i) consider— 
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‘‘(I) the types of information that 
an entity or person submitting a chal-
lenge should provide to the Commission 
in support of the challenge; 
‘‘(II) the appropriate level of 
granularity for the information de-
scribed in subclause (I); 
‘‘(III) the need to mitigate the 
time and expense incurred by, and the 
administrative burdens placed on, enti-
ties or persons in— 
‘‘(aa) challenging the accu-
racy of a coverage map; and 
‘‘(bb) responding to chal-
lenges described in item (aa); 
‘‘(IV) the costs to consumers and 
providers 
resulting 
from 
a 
misallocation of funds because of a re-
liance on outdated or otherwise inac-
curate information in the coverage 
maps; 
‘‘(V) any lessons learned from the 
challenge process established under Mo-
bility Fund Phase II, as determined 
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from comments solicited by the Com-
mission; and 
‘‘(VI) the need for user-friendly 
challenge submission formats that will 
promote participation in the challenge 
process; 
‘‘(ii) include a process for verifying the 
data submitted through the challenge proc-
ess in order to ensure the reliability of that 
data; 
‘‘(iii) allow providers to respond to 
challenges submitted through the challenge 
process; and 
‘‘(iv) develop an online mechanism, 
which— 
‘‘(I) shall be integrated into the 
coverage maps; 
‘‘(II) allows for an entity or per-
son described in subparagraph (A) to 
submit a challenge under the challenge 
process; 
‘‘(III) makes challenge data avail-
able in both geographic information 
system and non-geographic informa-
tion system formats; and 
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‘‘(IV) clearly identifies the areas 
in which broadband internet access 
service is available, and the upload 
and download speeds at which that 
service is available, as reported to the 
Commission under this section. 
‘‘(C) USE
OF
CHALLENGES.—The rules 
issued to establish the challenge process under 
subparagraph (A) shall include— 
‘‘(i) a process for the speedy resolution 
of challenges; and 
‘‘(ii) a process for the regular and ex-
peditious updating of the coverage maps 
and granular data the Commission dissemi-
nates as challenges are resolved. 
‘‘(D) AUTOMATION TOOL.—Not earlier than 
1 year after, and not later than 18 months after, 
the rules issued under subsection (a)(1) are im-
plemented, the Commission shall, after an oppor-
tunity for notice and comment, submit to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report that— 
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‘‘(i) evaluates the challenge process; 
and 
‘‘(ii) considers whether the Commission 
should amend its rules to create an auto-
mated tool that includes predictive capabili-
ties to identify potential inaccuracies and 
features that allow a provider of broadband 
internet access service, the Commission, and 
the public to visualize the data relating to 
broadband internet access service that the 
provider reports in order to improve the ac-
curacy of the data submitted by the pro-
vider. 
‘‘(6) REFORM OF FORM 477 PROCESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date on which the rules issued 
under subsection (a)(1) take effect, the Commis-
sion shall— 
‘‘(i) reform the Form 477 broadband 
deployment service availability collection 
process of the Commission to achieve the 
purposes of this title and in a manner that 
enables the comparison of data and maps 
produced before the implementation of this 
title with data and coverage maps produced 
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after the implementation of this title and 
maintains 
the 
public 
availability 
of 
broadband deployment service availability 
data; and 
‘‘(ii) harmonize reporting requirements 
and procedures regarding the deployment of 
broadband internet access service that, as of 
the date on which the rules issued under 
subsection (a)(1) take effect, are in effect. 
‘‘(B) CONTINUED COLLECTION AND REPORT-
ING.—On and after the date on which the Com-
mission carries out subparagraph (A), the Com-
mission shall continue to collect and publicly re-
port subscription data that the Commission col-
lected through the Form 477 broadband deploy-
ment service availability collection process, as in 
effect on July 1, 2019. 
‘‘(c) MAPS.—The Commission shall— 
‘‘(1) after consulting with the Federal Geo-
graphic Data Committee established by section 753(a) 
of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 
2802(a)), create— 
‘‘(A) the Broadband Map, which shall de-
pict— 
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‘‘(B) when making any new award of fund-
ing with respect to the deployment of broadband 
internet access service; 
‘‘(3) update the maps created under paragraph 
(1) not less frequently than biannually using the most 
recent data collected from providers under subsection 
(b)(2); 
‘‘(4) make available to all Federal agencies, upon 
request, the maps created under paragraph (1); 
‘‘(5) establish a process to make the data col-
lected under subsection (b)(2) available to the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Information Admin-
istration; and 
‘‘(6) make public at an appropriate level of 
granularity— 
‘‘(A) the maps created under paragraph (1); 
and 
‘‘(B) the data collected by the Commission 
with respect to broadband internet access service 
availability and quality of service. 
‘‘(d) DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE
OF QUALITY
OF 
SERVICE RULES.—Any requirement of a rule relating to 
quality of service issued under subsection (a)(1) shall take 
effect not earlier than the date that is 180 days after the 
date on which the Commission issues such rule. 
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‘‘SEC. 803. IMPROVING DATA ACCURACY. 
‘‘(a) AUDITS.—The Commission shall conduct regular 
audits of information submitted to the Commission by pro-
viders under section 802(b)(2) to ensure that the providers 
are complying with this title. 
‘‘(b) CROWDSOURCING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall— 
‘‘(A) develop a process through which enti-
ties or persons in the United States may submit 
specific information about the deployment and 
availability of broadband internet access service 
in the United States on an ongoing basis so that 
the information may be used to verify and sup-
plement information provided by providers of 
broadband internet access service for inclusion in 
the maps created under section 802(c)(1); and 
‘‘(B) update the maps created under section 
802(c)(1) on no less than an annual cycle based 
on the information received through such process. 
‘‘(2) COLLABORATION.—As part of the efforts of 
the Commission to facilitate the ability of entities or 
persons to submit information under paragraph (1), 
the Commission shall— 
‘‘(A) prioritize the consideration of data 
provided by data collection applications used by 
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consumers that the Commission has deter-
mined— 
‘‘(i) are highly reliable; and 
‘‘(ii) have proven methodologies for de-
termining network coverage and network 
performance; and 
‘‘(B) coordinate with the Postmaster Gen-
eral, or the heads of other Federal agencies that 
operate delivery fleet vehicles, to facilitate the 
submission of specific information by the United 
States Postal Service or such other agencies 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIAN TRIBES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Commission shall hold annual workshops for Tribal 
governments to provide technical assistance with the 
collection and submission of data under section 
802(a)(2)(A). 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REVIEW.—Each year, the Commis-
sion, in consultation with Indian Tribes, shall review 
the need for continued workshops required under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TO SMALL SERVICE 
PROVIDERS.—The Commission shall establish a process 
through which a provider that has fewer than 100,000 ac-
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tive broadband internet access service connections may re-
quest and receive assistance from the Commission with re-
spect to geographic information system data processing to 
ensure that the provider is able to comply with the rules 
issued under section 802(a)(1) in a timely and accurate 
manner. 
‘‘(e) GAO ASSESSMENT OF FABRIC SOURCE DATA.— 
‘‘(1) ASSESSMENT.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct an assessment of key 
data sources that are used for purposes of the Fabric 
to identify and geocode locations where fixed 
broadband internet access service can be installed, in 
order to develop recommendations for how the quality 
and completeness of such data sources can be im-
proved as data sources for the Fabric. Data sources 
to be assessed shall include any sources of relevant 
Federal data, including the National Address Data-
base administered by the Department of Transpor-
tation, State- and county-level digitized parcel data, 
and property tax record tax attribute recording. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this title, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
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tation of the Senate a report containing the rec-
ommendations developed in the assessment under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TO CONSUMERS
AND 
STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.— 
The Commission shall provide technical assistance to con-
sumers and State, local, and Tribal governmental entities 
with respect to the challenge process established under sec-
tion 802(b)(5), which shall include— 
‘‘(1) detailed tutorials and webinars; and 
‘‘(2) making available staff of the Commission to 
provide assistance, as needed, throughout the entirety 
of the challenge process. 
‘‘SEC. 804. COST. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—The Commission may not use 
funds from the universal service programs of the Commis-
sion established under section 254, and the regulations 
issued under that section, to carry out this title. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Commission to carry 
out this title— 
‘‘(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 
‘‘(2) $9,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 
through 2028. 
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