S 2585
MAP for Broadband Funding Act
Summary
Modernization, Accountability, and Planning for Broadband Funding Act or the MAP for Broadband Funding Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to coordinate with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to collect data for the Broadband Funding Map on a reasonable and timely basis. It also requires information collection and reporting on the map’s functionality and management. (The map documents the location of each federally funded broadband project.) Specifically, the FCC must seek public comment on the functionality and transparency of the map and the quality and completeness of the data within the map. Further, the Government Accountability Office must report on the management and use of the map, as well as the extent to which federal agencies are complying with obligations to submit information for the map.
Bill status
- Status
- Reported
- Sponsor
- Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Introduced
- 2025-07-31
- Latest action
- 2026-06-23: Held at the desk.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2026-05-11: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407.
- 2026-05-11: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-121.
- 2026-05-11: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-121.
- 2026-02-12: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2025-07-31: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.