House Passes Maternal Health Broadband, Spectrum Coordination Bills
The House passed the Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act (HR-1218) and Spectrum Coordination Act (HR-2501) Tuesday by lopsided margins. The chamber voted 409-11 for HR-1218. It and Senate-passed companion S-198 would require the FCC to include data on…
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certain maternal health outcomes in its broadband health mapping tool (see 2203030037). The House voted 418-6 for HR-2501, which would mandate changes to the FCC’s 2003 memorandum of understanding with NTIA. "Securing American leadership in next generation communications technology is essential to winning the future," said House Commerce Committee ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Communications Subcommittee ranking member Bob Latta, R-Ohio. "The bipartisan bills passed today will enhance interagency spectrum coordination, as well as improve our existing broadband health mapping tools by incorporating public data on maternal health." The Competitive Carriers Association and Wireless Infrastructure Association also hailed House passage of both measures.