Dingell Introduces Bipartisan Legislation on Mapping

WASHINGTON, September 5, 2024 - Representatives Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and August Pfluger, R-Texas, on Thursday introduced the bipartisan PROTOCOL Act, which would request reports on state broadband deployment programs for inclusion in a National Telecommunications and Information Administration database and Federal Communications Commission map while requiring federal agencies to use the new FCC map when awarding broadband infrastructure funding.

This legislation aims to engage with the FCC’s broadband deployment locations map and align it with the NTIA’s broadband infrastructure funding database.

Both representatives are members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and have raised concerns about access to broadband connections.