Requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to develop and submit a National Strategy to Close the Digital Divide within one year, covering how federal broadband programs are managed and coordinated across agencies.

• Requires the strategy to list federal broadband programs and state and local programs with similar goals, identify gaps and overlaps, and set clear roles, goals, and performance measures for covered agencies.
• Requires an implementation plan within 120 days after the strategy is submitted, with public comment sought within 30 days and briefings to Congress every 90 days.
• Directs the Government Accountability Office to study the strategy and implementation plan and report to Congress within one year after the plan is submitted.
• States that nothing in the bill changes the authority of the Federal Communications Commission.

• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
• Communications and Technology Subcommittee

Science, Technology, Communications