,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ah1 
#bjai,mr4 ,merkley introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to improve the collection 
of broadband speed data by the ,federal 
,communications ,commission 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          
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,broadband internet access service ,the 
term broadband internet access service--
 7,a7 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 service2  7,b7 includes  
any service that the ,commission finds  
to be providing a functional equivalent 
of the service described in subparagraph
 7,a72 and  7,c7 does not include       
dial-up internet service4  7#b7         
,commission ,the term ,commission means 
the ,federal ,communications            
,commission4  7b7 ,regulations required 
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         
,commission shall issue a rule that--   
7#a7 establishes an annual reporting    
requirement under which each provider of
 broadband internet access service shall
 submit 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 report2  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 offered2 and  7#c7 to        
minimize duplication1 incorporates any  
other requirements issued by the        
,commission relating to reporting on    
broadband speed data4  7c7 ,broadband   
speed requirement for infrastructure    
funding ,any broadband infrastructure   
that is built with funding awarded on or
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act from the ,federal universal service
 support programs established under     
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 not    
less than #ajj megabits per second4