; (B) the District of Columbia; and (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (b) Broadband infrastructure deployment To facilitate the installation of broadband infrastructure, the Secretary of Transportation shall, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, issue regulations to ensure that each State that receives funds under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, meets the following requirements: (1) Broadband consultation The State department of transportation, in consultation with appropriate State agencies, shall— (A) identify a broadband utility coordinator, who may have additional responsibilities in the State department of transportation or in another State agency, that is responsible for facilitating the broadband infrastructure right-of-way efforts within the State; (B) establish a process for the registration of broadband infrastructure entities that seek to be included in the broadband infrastructure right-of-way facilitation efforts within the State; (C) review existing State broadband plans, including existing dig once requirements of the State or municipal governments within the State, to determine opportunities to coordinate projects occurring within highway rights-of-way with planned broadband infrastructure projects; and (D) establish a process to electronically notify broadband infrastructure entities registered under subparagraph (B)— (i) of the State transportation improvement program on an annual basis; (ii) of all projects within the highway right-of-way for which Federal funding is expected to be obligated in the subsequent fiscal year