Data BRIDGE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4950 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4950

To direct the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate into the 
National Broadband Map of the Commission a layer that presents data on 
      the location of agricultural areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 12, 2025

   Mrs. Houchin (for herself, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Thompson of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Costa, Mr. Smith of 
   Nebraska, and Mr. Soto) 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 incorporate into the 
National Broadband Map of the Commission a layer that presents data on 
      the location of agricultural areas, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Data Broadband Reporting and 
Integration for Deployment in Geographically Essential Areas Act'' or 
the ``Data BRIDGE Act''.

SEC. 2. FCC NATIONAL BROADBAND MAP.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall update (and thereafter 
maintain) the map described in section 802(c)(1)(A) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(c)(1)(A)) in a manner that 
incorporates, as a layer of such map, data on the location of 
agricultural areas.
    (b) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Commission 
shall consult with--
            (1) the Secretary of Agriculture, including with respect to 
        existing data of the Department of Agriculture related to the 
        location of agricultural areas;
            (2) the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
        and Information;
            (3) representatives of States; and
            (4) representatives of other relevant stakeholders (as 
        determined appropriate by the Commission).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States and the District of Columbia.
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