,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #aa1        
#bjai,mr4 ,delgado introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to improve the ,federal     
,communication ,commission's collection 
of broadband speed data in order to     
support the effective deployment of     
broadband services to all areas in the  
,united ,states1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,broadband ,speed ,act4    
#b4 ,broadband speed test  7a7          
,regulations required ,not later than   
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,commission 
shall issue a rule that does the        
following3  7#a7 ,establishes an annual 
reporting requirement under which each  
provider of broadband internet access   
service submits to the ,commission a    
report on broadband speed data based on 
a reasonable sample that is captured to 

demonstrate that the provider is capable
 of performing at the speed reported to 
the ,commission on ,form #dgg or any    
successor report4  7#b7 ,establishes a  
fine for any provider that is found     
under paragraph 7#a7 to have willfully  
or knowingly provided false data about  
the speeds offered4  7#c7 ,incorporates 
any other requirements issued by the    
,commission related to reporting on     
broadband speed data to minimize        
duplication4  7b7 ,broadband speed      
requirement for infrastructure funding  
,any broadband infrastructure that is   
built with funding awarded on or after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
from the ,federal universal service     
support programs established pursuant to
 section #bed of the ,communications    
,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bed7 shall
 provide broadband internet access      
service with a download speed of at     
least #ajj megabits per second4  7c7    
,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 ,commission ,the term ,commission  
means the ,federal ,communications      
,commission4