1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Broadband Plan for the Future Act of 2020 . 2. Update to national broadband plan (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; (2) the term broadband internet access service has the meaning given the term in section 8.1 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation; (3) the term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission; (4) the term COVID–19 pandemic means the outbreak and associated public heath, economic, and other societal effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) related to the emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 31, 2020, under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ), and any renewals thereof and any subsequent declarations by the Secretary of Health and Human Services related to the coronavirus; (5) the term E-Rate program means the program set forth under subpart F of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations; (6) the term Lifeline means the program set forth under subpart E of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations