MAPPING NOW Act of 2018

Making Available Plans to Promote Investment in Next Generation Networks without Overbuilding and Waste Act of 2018 or the MAPPING NOW Act of 2018

This bill requires the Department of Commerce carry out the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4810 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4810

 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
  Information to carry out activities relating to the development and 
     maintenance of a broadband inventory map through the National 
 Telecommunications and Information Administration and not through an 
                    agreement with any other agency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 17, 2018

   Mr. Johnson of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Guthrie) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
  Information to carry out activities relating to the development and 
     maintenance of a broadband inventory map through the National 
 Telecommunications and Information Administration and not through an 
                    agreement with any other agency.

    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 ``Making Available Plans to Promote 
Investment in Next Generation Networks without Overbuilding and Waste 
Act of 2018'' or the ``MAPPING NOW Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. BROADBAND INVENTORY MAP.

    (a) To Be Carried Out by NTIA.--The Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Communications and Information shall carry out subsection (l) of 
section 6001 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (47 
U.S.C. 1305) through the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration and not through a memorandum of understanding or other 
agreement with any other agency. Nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed to prohibit the Assistant Secretary from consulting with 
another agency in carrying out such subsection (l).
    (b) No Additional Funds Authorized.--No additional funds are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act. This Act shall be 
carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.
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