1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Broadband Network Advancement Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Internet data demands are increasing, and video streaming services represent a significant portion of the growth of internet traffic today. (2) Broadband network operators must invest in additional capacity to accommodate that data and other traffic generated by third-party online services leveraging underlying broadband networks. (3) These edge providers depend upon the availability of such robust underlying network capacity to deliver their services to users. (4) The costs associated with broadband infrastructure upgrades are significant and growing to keep pace with the online services that depend on these underlying networks. (5) The challenges of investing in and maintaining such robust network capacity are even greater in rural areas due to the significant distances over which networks must be built and operated and the limited densities of the rural communities to be served. (6) All persons and entities that utilize and leverage networks should share equitably in supporting the availability and sustainability of rural broadband networks. 3. Promoting and sustaining robust rural broadband infrastructure (a) Establishment of program (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall complete a rulemaking that establishes a program under which each edge provider, except those described under paragraph (3), that has data transported across the network of a rural broadband provider in a high cost rural area shall pay a network user fee on an equitable and nondiscriminatory basis to advance and sustain broadband-capable networks and broadband internet service in high cost rural areas. (2) Single effective date for payments made Any rule adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall have the same effective date for payments made to each rural broadband provider. (3) Exemptions The following edge providers are exempt from the