Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407.
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update and improve the government's map that tracks where federal broadband money is being spent. It also orders a government watchdog study to check whether agencies are properly sharing their data with that map. The goal is to prevent the government from accidentally paying to build internet service in places that are already getting funded.
Billions of federal dollars go toward building internet in underserved areas, but without an accurate map tracking that spending, some communities could get duplicate funding while others get nothing. This bill pushes the government to check whether its tracking system actually works.