Source: FARM PROGRESS, 12/26/19


Legislation is moving through Congress to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules to change the way broadband data is collected, verified and reported. The bills are H.R.4229 and S.1822. H.R.4229, the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act, was introduced Sept. 6 by Rep. David Loebsack, D-Iowa. It was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar on Dec. 17. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, introduced S.1822 in the Senate on June 12.

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