,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bijc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ae1 #bjag,mr4 
,mc,kinley 7for himself and ,mr4 ,welch7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
direct the ,federal ,communications     
,commission to promulgate regulations   
that establish a national standard for  
determining whether mobile and broadband
 services available in rural areas are  
reasonably comparable to those services 
provided in urban areas4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,rural ,reasonable and ,comparable      
,wireless ,access ,act of #bjag4  #b4   
,availability of mobile and broadband   
services in underserved rural areas  7a7
 ,in general ,not later than #ahj days  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,commission shall promulgate  
regulations that establish a national   
standard for determining1 for purposes  
of rural1 insular1 and high cost        

universal service support pursuant to   
subsection 7b77#c7 of section #bed of   
the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg  
,u4,s4,c4 #bed71 whether commercial     
mobile service1 commercial mobile data  
service1 and broadband internet access  
service available in rural areas are    
reasonably comparable to those services 
provided in urban areas4  7b7           
,underserved rural areas ,the standard  
established under subsection 7a7 shall--
 7#a7 define a rural area as any area   
that is either--  7,a7 a rural area 7as 
defined in paragraph 7#a7 of section    
#ed4fjj7;b7 of title #dg1 ,code of      
,federal ,regulations72 or  7,b7 a      
service area 7as defined in section     
#bad7;e7 of the ,communications ,act of 
#aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bad7;e777 served  
by a rural telephone company 7as defined
 in section #c of such ,act 7#dg        
,u4,s4,c4 #aec772  7#b7 define a rural  
area as underserved1 with respect to a  
service described in subsection 7a71 if 
service that meets or exceeds the       

standard established under such         
subsection is not available in the area2
 and  7#c7 provide that a rural area    
will be considered underserved1 with    
respect to a service described in       
subsection 7a71 if tests show that the  
service available in the area does not  
meet or exceed the applicable averages  
determined under subsection 7c77#a74    
7c7 ,data from urban areas ,the         
,commission shall-- 7#a7 gather data on 
average signal strengths and average    
speeds of commercial mobile service and 
commercial mobile data service1 and on  
average speeds of broadband internet    
access service1 provided in the #bj most
 populous metropolitan statistical      
areas2 and  7#b7 specify in the standard
 established under subsection 7a7 that--
 7,a7 commercial mobile service or      
commercial mobile data service available
 in rural areas is reasonably comparable
 to that service provided in urban areas
 only if the average signal strengths   
and average speeds meet or exceed the   

averages determined under paragraph 7#a7
 for such service2 and  7,b7 broadband  
internet access service available in    
rural areas is reasonably comparable to 
that service provided in urban areas    
only if the average speeds meet or      
exceed the averages determined under    
paragraph 7#a7 for such service4  7d7   
,periodic updating of data ,the         
,commission shall periodically update   
the data gathered under subsection      
7c77#a74  7e7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,broadband internet access
 service ,the term broadband internet   
access service means a mass-market      
retail service by wire or radio that    
provides the capability to transmit data
 to and receive data from all or        
substantially all internet endpoints1   
including any capabilities that are     
incidental to and enable the operation  
of the communications service1 but      
excluding dial-up internet access       
service4 ,such term includes any service
 that the ,commission finds to be       

providing a functional equivalent of the
 service described in the previous      
sentence4  7#b7 ,commercial mobile      
service ,the term commercial mobile     
service has the meaning given such term 
in section #ccb of the ,communications  
,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #ccb74     
7#c7 ,commercial mobile data service    
,the term commercial mobile data service
 has the meaning given such term in     
section #fjja of the ,middle ,class ,tax
 ,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of     
#bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adja74  7#d7      
,commission ,the term ,commission means 
the ,federal ,communications            
,commission4