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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 Com-
mission to ensure the policy and funding decisions of 
the Commission are informed by data collection and anal-
ysis required in title VIII of the Communications Act 
of 1934, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Broadband - Meas-
uring Availability and Aligning Policies Task Force Act’’ 
or the ‘‘Broadband MAPS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. BROADBAND MAAPS TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Commission 
shall establish the Broadband MAAPS Task Force. 
(b) CHAIR.—The Commission shall designate a Chair 
of the Task Force. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Task Force 
shall include designees selected by the Commission from 
bureaus and offices of the Commission. 
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Task Force shall be re-
sponsible for the following: 
(1) Coordinate, monitor, and oversee the work 
of the bureaus and offices to implement title VIII of 
the Communications Act (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.) 
and the Secure and Trusted Communications Net-
works Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), includ-
ing creating and updating the broadband availability 
maps. 
(2) Identify any ongoing and anticipated Com-
mission action, including any report, rulemaking, 
and funding program, such as the Universal Service 
Fund programs, that should be informed by the 
broadband availability maps. 
(3) Ensure that any relevant ongoing and an-
ticipated Commission action, including any report, 
rulemaking, and funding program, such as the Uni-
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versal Service Fund programs, is informed by the 
broadband availability maps. 
(4) Not later than 18 months after the date of 
the enactment of this section, provide the commit-
tees of jurisdiction an estimate of the ongoing cost 
associated with maintaining the broadband avail-
ability maps. 
(5) Provide any recommendation, if necessary, 
to the committees of jurisdiction to ensure that the 
Commission can produce accurate broadband avail-
ability maps with sufficient granularity to allow the 
Commission to determine the areas in the United 
States that lack broadband internet access service. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BROADBAND
AVAILABILITY
MAPS.—The 
term ‘‘broadband availability maps’’ means the maps 
required under section 802 of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642). 
(2) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.— 
The term ‘‘broadband internet access service’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 8.1(b) of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
regulation. 
(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
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(4) COMMITTEES OF JURISDICTION.—The term 
‘‘committees of jurisdiction’’ means the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 
(5) TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 
means the Broadband MAAPS Task Force estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a). 
(6) UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘Universal Service Fund program’’ means any 
program authorized in section 254(h) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)). 
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