1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act of 2019 . 2. Availability of mobile broadband service in underserved rural areas (a) Definitions (1) In general In this section: (A) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. (B) Rural telephone company The term rural telephone company has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 153 ). (C) Service area The term service area has the meaning given the term in section 214(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 214(e) ). (2) Mobile broadband service The Commission shall define the term mobile broadband service for purposes of this section. (b) Establishment of standard (1) Commencement of rulemaking Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall commence a rulemaking to establish a national standard to determine, with respect to access to universal service in rural, insular, and high cost areas under section 254(b)(3) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 254(b)(3) ), whether mobile broadband service available in rural areas is reasonably comparable to mobile broadband service provided in urban areas. (2) Progress reports Not less frequently than once every 180 days after commencing the rulemaking under paragraph (1), the Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the progress of the Commission in establishing the standard under that paragraph. (c) Considerations In establishing a standard under subsection (b), the Commission shall consider— (1) defining a rural area as any area— (A) in which a school or library designated as rural under section 54.505(b)(3)(i) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, is located; or (B) that is a service area that is served by a rural telephone company