---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 U.S.C. § 1753"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
number: "1753"
heading: "Adoption of consumer broadband labels"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/1753"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — Broadband Access"
  - "Subchapter IV — Broadband Affordability"
---

# §1753. Adoption of consumer broadband labels

- (a) **Final rule—** Not later than 1 year after November 15, 2021, the [Commission](/usc/47/1751.md?p=2) shall promulgate regulations to require the display of broadband consumer labels, as described in the Public Notice of the [Commission](/usc/47/1751.md?p=2) issued on April 4, 2016 (DA 16–357), to disclose to consumers information regarding [broadband internet access service](/usc/47/1751.md?p=1) plans.
- (b) **Introductory rate information—**
  - (1) **In general—** The broadband consumer label required under [subsection (a)](#a) shall also include information regarding whether the offered price is an introductory rate and, if so, the price the consumer will be required to pay following the introductory period.
  - (2) **Use in broadband data collection—** The [Commission](/usc/47/1751.md?p=2) shall rely on the price information displayed on the broadband consumer label required under [subsection (a)](#a) for any collection of data relating to the price and subscription rates of each covered [broadband internet access service](/usc/47/1751.md?p=1) under section 60502(c).
- (c) **Hearings—** In issuing the final rule under [subsection (a)](#a), the [Commission](/usc/47/1751.md?p=2) shall conduct a series of public hearings to assess, at the time of the proceeding—
  - (1) how consumers evaluate [broadband internet access service](/usc/47/1751.md?p=1) plans; and
  - (2) whether disclosures to consumers of information regarding [broadband internet access service](/usc/47/1751.md?p=1) plans, including the disclosures required under section 8.1 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, are available, effective, and sufficient.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–58, div. F, title V, § 60504, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1244.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 60502(c), referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is section 60502(c) of Pub. L. 117–58, which is set out as a note under section 1752 of this title.