Title 47 — Telecommunications
Chapter 16 — Broadband Access
§ 1703. Broadband DATA maps
Statutory text
Definition
In this section, the term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission.
Provision of information
A broadband provider shall provide the Commission with any information, in the format, type, or specification requested by the Commission, necessary to augment the collection of data by the Commission under—
title VIII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.); or
the Form 477 data collection program.
Notice of initial broadband DATA collection filing deadline
The Commission—
shall provide notice to broadband providers not later than 60 days before the initial deadline for submission of data under section 802(a)(1)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(a)(1)(A)); and
notwithstanding any prior decision of the Commission to the contrary, shall not be required to provide notice not later than 6 months before the initial deadline described in paragraph (1).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Pub. L. 117–58 div. F title I § 60103 · 135 Stat. 429
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 1703
(Pub. L. 117–58, div. F, title I, § 60103, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1205.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 117–58, div. F, title I, § 60103, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1205.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 60103. BROADBAND DATA MAPS. (a) Definition.— In this section, the term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission. (b) Provision of Information.— A broadband provider shall provide the Commission with any information, in the format, type, or specification requested by the Commission, necessary to augment the collection of data by the Commission under— (1) title VIII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.); or (2) the Form 477 data collection program. (c) Notice of Initial Broadband DATA Collection Filing Deadline.— The Commission— (1) shall provide notice to broadband providers not later than 60 days before the initial deadline for submission of data under section 802(a)(1)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(a)(1)(A)); and (2) notwithstanding any prior decision of the Commission to the contrary, shall not be required to provide notice not later than 6 months before the initial deadline described in paragraph (1). (d) Availability of Census Data.— (1) In general.— Section 802(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 802(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(D) Availability of census data.— The Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Commission, for inclusion in the Fabric, a count of the aggregate number of housing units in each census block, as collected by the Bureau of the Census.” . (2) Provision of updated 2020 census data.— Not later than 30 days after receiving a request from the Commission, the Secretary of Commerce, in implementing the amendment made by paragraph (1), shall provide the Commission with a count of the aggregate number of housing units in each census block, as collected during the 2020 decennial census of population. (e) Publication of Broadband DATA Maps on Internet.— Section 802(c)(6) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(c)(6)) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (6), by inserting “, including on a publicly available website,” after “make public”.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Communications Act of 1934, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064. Title VIII of the Act is classified generally to subchapter VII (§ 641 et seq.) of chapter 5 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section is comprised of section 60103 of Pub. L. 117–58. Subsecs. (d) and (e) of section 60103 of Pub. L. 117–58 amended section 642 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 117–58, div. F, title I, § 60103, , 135 Stat. 1205.)