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S. 2585119th CongressScience, Technology, Communications
MAP for Broadband Funding Act
Sponsored by Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) · 1 active : 1 Democrat
Latest action: Held at the desk.
Where it standsBefore the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed Senate
- Senate: passedJun 18, 2026
- House: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govModernization, Accountability, and Planning for Broadband Funding Act or the MAP for Broadband Funding Act
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to coordinate with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to collect data for the Broadband Funding Map on a reasonable and timely basis. It also requires information collection and reporting on the map’s functionality and management. (The map documents the location of each federally funded broadband project.)
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Specifically, the FCC must seek public comment on the functionality and transparency of the map and the quality and completeness of the data within the map. Further, the Government Accountability Office must report on the management and use of the map, as well as the extent to which federal agencies are complying with obligations to submit information for the map.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Telephone and wireless communication
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 60Middle 30–70
- 31Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
