,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bc1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,matsui 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,waxman1
 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4      
,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,doyle1 ,mr4 ,ben ,ray   
,lujn of ,new ,mexico1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1
 and ,mr4 ,butterfield7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,communications
 ,act of #aicd to reform and modernize  
the ,universal ,service ,fund ,lifeline 
,assistance ,program4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,broadband ,adoption ,act of #bjac4  #b4
 ,broadband ,lifeline ,assistance       
,program ,section #bed7;j7 of the       
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bed7;j77 is amended--  7#a7  
by striking 7j7 ,lifeline               
,assistance4--,nothing in this and      
inserting the following3  7j7 ,lifeline 
,assistance  7#a7 ,in general ,nothing  
in this  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the   

end the following3  7#b7 ,broadband     
,lifeline ,assistance ,program  7,a7    
,purpose ,the purpose of this paragraph 
is to promote the adoption of broadband 
service by all people of the ,united    
,states while recognizing that the price
 of broadband service is one of the     
barriers to adoption for low income     
households4  7,b7 ,establishment  7i7   
,in general ,not later than #bgj days   
after the date of enactment of the      
,broadband ,adoption ,act of #bjac1 the 
,commission shall adopt a final rule    
establishing ,lifeline program support  
for broadband that enables qualifying   
low-income customers residing in urban  
and rural areas to purchase broadband   
service at reduced charges by           
reimbursing providers who elect to      
participate in the program for each such
 customer served4 ,the ,commission shall
 consider the results of the            
,low-,income ,broadband ,pilot ,program 
when establishing such final rule4  7ii7
 ,model ,such program shall be similar  

in structure to the ,lifeline program   
for basic telephone service under       
subpart ,e of part #ed of title #dg1    
,code of ,federal ,regulations4         
,qualifying individuals may elect to    
apply support from the ,lifeline program
 to basic telephone service1 voice      
telephony service1 or broadband service1
 whether each service is purchased      
stand-alone or in a bundle4  7iii7      
,digital literacy program ,the          
,commission shall consider providing a  
preference to participating broadband   
service providers that include          
components involving digital literacy   
programs as part of their offerings4    
7,c7 ,state matching funds ,the         
,commission may determine1 in           
consultation with the ,federal-,state   
,joint ,board instituted under          
subsection 7a77#a71 whether ,state      
matching funds may be provided as a     
condition of eligibility for low-income 
households within such ,state4  7,d7    
,amount of support  7i7 ,in general ,the

 ,commission1 in calculating the amount 
of ,lifeline support to be provided to  
each low-income household1 shall        
routinely study the prevailing market   
price for broadband service and the     
prevailing speed of broadband service   
adopted by households4  7ii7            
,information ,to fulfill the requirement
 under clause 7i71 the ,commission shall
 rely on information that it routinely  
collects or that is publicly available4 
7,e7 ,technology neutral  7i7 ,in       
general ,the ,commission shall ensure   
that the program established under      
subparagraph 7,b77i7 is neutral as to   
the types of technology used to provide 
voice telephony or broadband service    
under the ,lifeline program to promote  
competition from service providers to   
qualify under such program4  7ii7       
,authorization ,a participating         
broadband service provider need not be  
an eligible telecommunications carrier  
to receive support under such program1  
but such provider shall obtain          

authorization from the ,commission in   
order to participate in the program4    
7,f7 ,accountability  7i7               
,nonduplication ,in establishing the    
program under subparagraph 7,b77i71 the 
,commission shall adopt regulations to  
prevent duplicative ,lifeline subsidies 
from being awarded to an individual     
eligible household4 ,only one ,lifeline 
program support amount per eligible     
household shall be available to         
qualifying individuals4  7ii7           
,preventing waste1 fraud1 or abuse ,in  
adopting rules to implement this        
paragraph1 the ,commission shall        
consider any appropriate measures to    
prevent any waste1 fraud1 or abuse of   
this program4  7iii7 ,eligibility ,the  
,commission1 in consultation with other 
relevant ,federal agencies1 shall       
establish a national database which can 
be used to determine consumer           
eligibility for ,lifeline program       
subsidies4  4