Title: Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish a consistent method for its collection of coverage data relating to the availability, speed tiers, and performance characteristics of commercial mobile service or commercial mobile data service in particular geographic locations in the United States.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1546 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1546

    To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a 
  methodology for the collection by the Commission of mobile service 
                             coverage data.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2017

 Mr. Loebsack introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a 
  methodology for the collection by the Commission of mobile service 
                             coverage data.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. METHODOLOGY FOR COLLECTION OF MOBILE SERVICE COVERAGE DATA.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall 
promulgate regulations to establish a methodology that shall apply to 
any collection by the Commission of coverage data relating to 
commercial mobile service or commercial mobile data service.
    (b) Requirements.--The methodology established under subsection (a) 
shall--
            (1) contain standard definitions for different speed tiers 
        (such as the 2G, 3G, 4G, 4G LTE, and 5G tiers);
            (2) ensure that data is collected in a consistent and 
        robust way;
            (3) improve the validity and reliability of data; and
            (4) increase the efficiency of data collection.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commercial mobile data service.--The term ``commercial 
        mobile data service'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation 
        Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401).
            (2) Commercial mobile service.--The term ``commercial 
        mobile service'' has the meaning given such term in section 332 
        of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332).
            (3) Coverage data.--The term ``coverage data'' means, with 
        respect to commercial mobile service or commercial mobile data 
        service--
                    (A) information regarding whether such service is 
                available in a particular geographic location in the 
                United States; and
                    (B) if such service is available, information about 
                such service, which may include available speed tiers 
                and performance characteristics.
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