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On the recordMarch 3, 2020
I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Pallone Strike all after the enacting clause and insert 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. BROADBAND DATA. The Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``TITLE VIII--BROADBAND DATA ``SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS. ``In this title: ``(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 802(c)(1)(A). ``(3) Cell edge probability.--The term `cell edge probability' means the likelihood that the minimum threshold download and upload speeds with respect to broadband internet access service will be met or exceeded at a distance from a base station that is intended to indicate the ultimate edge of the coverage area of a cell. ``(4) Cell loading.--The term `cell loading' means the percentage of the available air interface resources of a base station that are used by consumers with respect to broadband internet access service.…
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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