1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nationwide Dig Once Act of 2020 . 2. Broadband infrastructure deployment (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate state agency The term appropriate State agency means a State governmental agency that is recognized by the executive branch of the State as having the experience necessary to evaluate and facilitate the installation and operation of broadband infrastructure within the State. (2) Broadband The term broadband has the meaning given the term advanced telecommunications capability in section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ( 47 U.S.C. 1302 ). (3) Broadband conduit The term broadband conduit means a conduit or innerduct for fiber optic cables (or successor technology of greater quality and speed) that supports the provision of broadband. (4) Broadband infrastructure The term broadband infrastructure means any buried or underground facility and any wireless or wireline connection that enables the provision of broadband. (5) Broadband provider The term broadband provider means an entity that provides broadband to any person or facilitates provision of broadband to any person, including, with respect to such entity— (A) a corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, nonprofit organization, or any other private entity; (B) a State or local broadband provider; (C) an Indian Tribe; and (D) a partnership between any of the entities described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C). (6) Covered highway construction project (A) In general The term covered highway construction project means, without regard to ownership of a highway, a project to construct a new highway or an additional lane for an existing highway, to reconstruct an existing highway, or new construction, including for a paved shoulder. (B) Exclusions The term covered highway construction project excludes any project— (i) awarded before the date on which regulations required under subsection (b) take effect