Data BRIDGE Act
Latest action (Sep 16, 2026) — Ordered to be by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Aug 12, 2025Data Broadband Reporting and Integration for Deployment in Geographically Essential Areas Act or the Data BRIDGE Act
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update the National Broadband Map to include data on the location of agricultural areas as a layer of the map and to maintain this data in the map moving forward. (The map depicts the availability of broadband internet service across the United States.)
In incorporating this data, the FCC must consult with (1) the Department of Agriculture, including with respect to existing data on the location of agricultural areas; and (2) with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, states, and other relevant stakeholders.
Face Value
as introducedHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
Who lobbied on this
1 organizationThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- National Telecommunications Cooperative Associationno position stated
“…H.R. 3119 - ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2023 - all sections. H.R. 4032 - Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act - all sections. H.R. 4950 - Data BRIDGE Act - all sections. H.R. 5311 - CABLE Expansion Act - all sections. Legislation to reform the Universal Service Fund…” filing ↗
Most filings say only that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took — where that's the case we say so rather than guessing. Quotes are verbatim from the filing. How this is built.
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