SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Broadband Census of 
America Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. CENSUS OF BROADBAND SERVICE DEPLOYMENT. 
(a) DUTY TO COLLECT AND REPORT.— 
(1) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—The 
Commission shall, on an annual basis, conduct an 
assessment and publish a report on the nature and 
deployment of, and subscription to, broadband serv-
ice capability throughout the States. 
(2) BANDWIDTH
SERVICE
TIERS.—The Com-
mission shall designate bandwidth service tiers by 
identifying tiers of increasing data transmission 
speeds of broadband service capability that will pro-
vide useful information about the nature and extent 
of deployment of broadband service capability. At a 
minimum, the tiers in the aggregate shall encompass 
all data transmission speeds deployed, and shall con-
sist of multiple combinations of upstream and down-
stream data transmission speeds. Each tier shall be 
designated, to the extent possible, to correspond to 
the ability to support qualitatively different applica-
tions and services, which the Commission shall also 
identify. 
(3) INFORMATION COLLECTION.—The Commis-
sion shall collect, or provide for the collection of, in-
formation from all commercial and public providers 
of broadband service capability under its jurisdiction 
in each State. Such information shall include— 
(A) for each area encompassed by a United 
States postal zip code of the 5 digit level— 
(i) information concerning the types 
of technology used to provide broadband 
service capability in such area; 
(ii) the tiers designated under para-
graph (2) used to provide such capability 
in such area; and 
(iii) the actual number of residential 
subscribers and the actual number of busi-
ness subscribers in such area; and 
(B) for each State, the actual number of 
residential subscribers and the actual number of 
business subscribers for each tier of service des-
ignated under paragraph (2). 
(4) INFORMATION REPORTED.—In the annual 
report required by paragraph (1), the Commission 
shall provide to the public— 
(A) for each area encompassed by a United 
States postal zip code of the 5 digit level—
(i) a list of the types of technology 
used to provide such capability in such 
area; and 
(ii) the actual number of residential 
subscribers and the actual number of busi-
ness subscribers to broadband service ca-
pability in such area, each in the aggre-
gate; and 
(B) for each State, the actual number of 
residential subscribers and the actual number of 
business subscribers for each tier of service des-
ignated under paragraph (2), each in the aggre-
gate. 
(b) EVOLUTION OF ASSESSMENT.—The Commission 
shall periodically review both the bandwidth service tiers 
and the types of technology utilized in its assessment 
under subsection (a) to take into account changes in tech-
nology and marketplace conditions. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON.— 
(1) INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON.—As part of 
the assessment and report required by this section, 
the Commission shall include information comparing 
the extent of broadband service capability (including 
data transmission speeds and price for broadband 
service capability) in a total of 75 communities in at
least 25 countries abroad for each of the tiers des-
ignated pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 
(2) CONTENTS.—The Commission shall choose 
communities for the comparison under this sub-
section in a manner that will offer, to the extent 
possible, communities of a population size, popu-
lation density, topography, and demographic profile 
that are comparable to the population size, popu-
lation density, topography, and demographic profile 
of various communities within the United States. 
The Commission shall include in the comparison 
under this subsection— 
(A) a geographically diverse selection of 
countries; and 
(B) communities including the capital cit-
ies of such countries. 
(3) SIMILARITIES
AND
DIFFERENCES.—The 
Commission shall identify relevant similarities and 
differences in each community, including their mar-
ket structures, the number of competitors, the num-
ber of facilities-based providers, the types of tech-
nologies deployed by such providers, the applications 
and services those technologies enable, and the regu-
latory model under which broadband service capa-
bility is provided.
(d) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.—Except for the 
information provided to the public by the Commission in 
its annual report pursuant to subsection (a)(4), nothing 
in this section shall reduce or remove any obligation the 
Commission has to protect proprietary information, nor 
shall this section be construed to compel the Commission 
to make publicly available any proprietary information. 
Any information collected by the Commission pursuant to 
subsection (a)(3) that reveals any competitively sensitive 
information of an individual provider of broadband service 
capability shall not be disclosed by the Commission under 
subsection (a)(4) or otherwise. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Commission shall, within 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, pro-
mulgate regulations to implement this section. 
(f) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.—The Commission 
shall enforce this section as if such section was a part of 
the Communications Act of 1934. For the purpose of this 
section, any violations of this section, or any regulations 
promulgated under this section, shall be considered to be 
a violation of the Communications Act of 1934 or a regu-
lation promulgated under that Act, respectively. 
SEC. 3. BROADBAND INVENTORY MAP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To provide a comprehensive 
nationwide inventory of existing broadband service capa-
bility and availability, the NTIA shall develop and main-
tain a broadband inventory map of the United States that 
identifies and depicts the geographic extent to which 
broadband service capability is deployed and available 
from a commercial provider or public provider throughout 
each State. 
(b) INFORMATION SHOWN.—The broadband inven-
tory map developed and maintained pursuant to this sec-
tion shall be capable of identifying and depicting, nation-
wide, for each State, and for each county or parish of each 
State— 
(1) each area encompassed by a United States 
postal zip code of 9 digit level, census tract level, or 
functional equivalent in which broadband service ca-
pability is deployed at that time, including— 
(A) each commercial or public provider of 
broadband service capability within such area; 
and 
(B) subject to subsection (f)(5)— 
(i) each type of technology used to 
provide broadband service capability within 
such area; and 
(ii) which bandwidth service tiers des-
ignated pursuant to section 2(a)(2) are