1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Broadband Transparency and Accountability Act of 2019 . 2. Definitions (a) In general In this Act— (1) the term affordable broadband service — (A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), with respect to a covered household, means broadband service at the baseline speed with an annual cost of not more than 1.5 percent of the annual median household income for the county in which the covered household is located; and (B) with respect to a covered household located in a county in which the annual median household income exceeds the annual median household income for the United States, means broadband service at the baseline speed with an annual cost of not more than 1.5 percent of the annual median household income for the United States; (2) the term annual median household income means annual median household income as reported by the Bureau of the Census; (3) the term baseline speed , with respect to broadband service, means the highest download and upload speeds available to a majority of urban subscribers to broadband service, as determined by the Commission; (4) the term Broadband Map means the map developed and maintained by the Commission under section 4; (5) the term broadband service — (A) subject to subsection (b), has the meaning given the term advanced telecommunications capability in section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ( 47 U.S.C. 1302 ); and (B) does not include mobile service or satellite-based service; (6) the term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission; (7) the term county , in the case of a State that does not have a local county system of governance, means an equivalent political subdivision as determined by the Commission, consistent with State law; (8) the term covered entity means an entity that— (A) is required to report data to the Commission under the Form 477 Program; and (B) provides broadband service; (9) the term covered household — (A) means a household