Rep. Delgado Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Improve Flawed Broadband Mapping

Reps Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19) and David McKinley (R-WV-1) introduced bipartisan legislation to help end the digital divide and deliver affordable, quality broadband service to rural Americans. The Community Broadband Mapping Act (HR 2400) addresses flawed federal broadband mapping practices and empowers local communities to dispute inaccurate Federal Communications Commission internet service status claims. The Community Broadband Mapping Act would allow local governments, electric/telephone cooperatives, economic development/community groups, and small internet providers to access USDA Rural Utility Service grants that would allow them to collect information on local broadband coverage. This will allow communities that are incorrectly designated by the FCC as having broadband access to have the information necessary to dispute that status with the FCC.