47 USC § 1703 - Broadband DATA maps

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title: "47 USC § 1703 - Broadband DATA maps"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "1703"
section_name: "Broadband DATA maps"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "BROADBAND ACCESS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "BROADBAND GRANTS FOR STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 117–58, div. F, title I, § 60103, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1205.)"
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# § 1703. Broadband DATA maps

**(a)** **Definition** In this section, the term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission.

**(b)** **Provision of information** A broadband provider shall provide the Commission with any information, in the format, type, or specification requested by the Commission, necessary to augment the collection of data by the Commission under—

**(1)** title VIII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.); or

**(2)** the Form 477 data collection program.

**(c)** **Notice of initial broadband DATA collection filing deadline** The Commission—

**(1)** shall provide notice to broadband providers not later than 60 days before the initial deadline for submission of data under section 802(a)(1)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(a)(1)(A)); and

**(2)** notwithstanding any prior decision of the Commission to the contrary, shall not be required to provide notice not later than 6 months before the initial deadline described in paragraph (1).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–58, div. F, title I, § 60103, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1205.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Communications Act of 1934, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is , . Title VIII of the Act is classified generally to subchapter VII (§ 641 et seq.) of chapter 5 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

### Codification

Section is comprised of . Subsecs. (d) and (e) of  amended .