The record

LegislationLegislation· Jun 2026
S 2585 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Deb Fischer (R)

MAP for Broadband Funding Act

Requires the FCC to modernize the federal Broadband Funding Map and report on its management.

Tradeoff

Mandates FCC review of how well the map documents federally funded broadband projects. No direct spending or revenue change.

What's in it

See official bill text

Federal cost is negligible; any spending subject to would be less than $500,000 over the 2026-2036 period.

The $500,000 or less is just the federal administrative cost to implement the data-collection and study requirements — the policy's real burden falls on private telecommunications companies that may pay slightly higher FCC regulatory fees to offset the FCC's implementation costs, though CBO estimates this incremental fee increase would be small and below the $214 million private-sector mandate threshold.

S. 2585, MAP for Broadband Funding Act · Mar 2026

Passed the Senate by on June 18, 2026 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Jul 31, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Jul 31, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Feb 12, 2026)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-121.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jun 18, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Jun 23, 2026)