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On the recordDecember 19, 2019
notwithstanding rule XXII, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 328, S. 1822. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1822) to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules relating to the collection of data with respect to the availability of broadband services, and for other purposes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to proceeding to the measure? There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act'' or the ``Broadband DATA Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Broadband internet access service.--The term ``broadband internet access service'' has the meaning given the term in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (2) Broadband map.--The term ``Broadband Map'' means the map created by the Commission under section 3(c)(1)(A).…
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Roger Wicker
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