House Communications Republicans Urge Broadband Data Act Funding
House Commerce Committee ranking member Greg Walden of Oregon and 12 other Communications Subcommittee Republicans urged Appropriations Committee leaders Wednesday to allocate funding in FY 2021 legislation to implement the unfunded Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act broadband mapping…
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law. President Donald Trump signed S-1822 in March (see 2003240049). The FCC seeks $65 million for S-1822 work via COVID-19 legislation (see 2003230066). “Once this law is implemented and funded, FCC and other agencies will be able to rely on accurate broadband maps when they distribute federal funds for broadband deployment,” the legislators wrote Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., and ranking member Kay Granger, R-Texas. “The FCC currently spends about $8 billion dollars per year to support universal service of advanced telecommunications services, much of which supports broadband deployment to unserved areas.” Others signing the letter included Communications ranking member Bob Latta of Ohio and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana.