To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to publish data from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-3362
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2023-05-16
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computers and information technology

Government information and archives

Internet, web applications, social media

Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Women in business
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to publish on its website data about diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility that is collected from recipients of funding through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The BEAD Program provides funds to states and territories for broadband deployment, connectivity, mapping, and adoption projects.</p> <p>The data that the NTIA must publish includes (1) ownership and workforce demographics of subrecipients, and (2) the number and amount of contracts and subcontracts awarded to minority- and women-owned businesses.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3362 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2023 Ms. Clarke of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to publish data from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, and for other purposes.

1. Publication of data from Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until all amounts made available for the Program have been obligated by the Assistant Secretary, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Assistant Secretary shall make publicly available on the website of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration the data collected from grant recipients and subgrantees under the Program that is related to the diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility elements of the Program, including data relating to— (1) subgrantee ownership demographics and the demographics of the workforce used for activities assisted with Program funding; and (2) the number and amount of contracts and subcontracts awarded under the Program to minority business enterprises and to women’s business enterprises. (b) Accessibility The data made publicly available under subsection (a) shall be— (1) made available as an open Government data asset (as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code); (2) freely available for download in bulk; (3) rendered in a human-readable format; and (4) accessible via application programming interface where appropriate. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Assistant Secretary The term Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. (2) Program The term Program means the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program established under section 60102(b)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( 47 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1) ).