,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ggd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #bb1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,begich 7for himself and ,mrs4     
,fischer7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1  
and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,comptroller ,general of the
 ,united ,states to submit a report to  
,congress on the effectiveness of the   
,federal ,communications ,commission's  
universal service reforms4  #a4 ,,gao   
report on universal service reforms  7a7
 ,purpose ,the purpose of the report    
required under subsection 7b7 is to aid 
,congress in monitoring and measuring   
the effects of a series of reforms by   
the ,federal ,communications ,commission
 7in this ,act referred to as the ,,fcc7
 intended to promote the availability   
and affordability of broadband service  
throughout the ,united ,states4  7b7    
,report ,the ,comptroller ,general of   
the ,united ,states shall prepare a     

report providing detailed measurements1 
statistics1 and metrics with respect    
to--  7#a7 the progress of              
implementation of the reforms adopted in
 the ,,fcc's ,report and ,order and     
,further ,notice of ,proposed           
,rulemaking adopted on ,october #bg1    
#bjaa 7,,fcc #aa-afa7 7in this ,act     
referred to as the ,order72  7#b7 the   
effects1 if any1 of such reforms on     
retail end user rates during the        
applicable calendar year for--  7,a7    
local voice telephony services          
7including any subscriber line charges  
and access recovery charges assessed by 
carriers upon purchasers of such        
services72  7,b7 interconnected ,vo,i,p 
services2  7,c7 long distance voice     
services2  7,d7 mobile wireless voice   
services2  7,e7 bundles of voice        
telephony or ,vo,i,p services 7such as  
local and long distance voice packages72
  7,f7 fixed broadband ,internet access 
services2 and  7,g7 mobile broadband    
,internet access services2  7#c7 any    

disparities or trends detectable during 
the applicable calendar year with       
respect to the relative average 7such as
 per-consumer7 retail rates charged for 
each of the services listed in paragraph
 7#b7 to consumers 7including both      
residential and business users7 located 
in rural areas and urban areas2  7#d7   
any disparities or trends detectable    
during the applicable calendar year with
 respect to the relative average 7such  
as per-consumer7 retail rates charged   
for each of the services listed in      
paragraph 7#b7 as between incumbent     
local exchange carriers subject to price
 cap regulation and those subject to    
rate-of-return regulation2  7#e7 the    
effects1 if any1 of those reforms       
adopted in the ,order on average fixed  
and mobile broadband ,internet access   
speeds1 respectively1 available to      
residential and business consumers1     
respectively1 during the applicable     
calendar year2  7#f7 any disparities or 
trends detectable during the applicable 

calendar year with respect to the       
relative average fixed and mobile       
broadband ,internet access speeds1      
respectively1 available to residential  
and business consumers1 respectively1 in
 rural areas and urban areas2  7#g7 the 
effects1 if any1 of those reforms       
adopted in the ,order on the magnitude  
and pace of investments in              
broadband-capable networks in rural     
areas1 including such investments       
financed by the ,department of          
,agriculture's ,rural ,utilities        
,service under the ,rural               
,electrification ,act of #aicf 7#g      
,u4,s4,c4 #ija et seq472  7#h7 any      
disparities or trends detectable during 
the applicable calendar year with       
respect to the relative magnitude and   
pace of investments in broadband-capable
 networks in rural areas and urban      
areas2  7#i7 any disparities or trends  
detectable during the applicable        
calendar year with respect to the       
magnitude and pace of investments in    

broadband-capable networks in areas     
served by carriers subject to price cap 
regulation and areas served by carriers 
subject to rate-of-return regulation2   
7#aj7 the effects1 if any1 of those     
reforms adopted in the ,order on        
adoption of broadband ,internet access  
services by end users2 and  7#aa7 the   
effects1 if any1 of such reforms on     
,state universal service funds or other 
,state universal service initiatives1   
including carrier-of-last-resort        
requirements that may be enforced by any
 ,state4  7c7 ,timing ,on or before     
,december #ca1 #bjac1 and annually      
thereafter for the following #e calendar
 years1 the ,comptroller ,general shall 
submit the report required under        
subsection 7b7 to the following3  7#a7  
,the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 
and ,transportation of the ,senate4     
7#b7 ,the ,committee on ,agriculture1   
,nutrition1 and ,forestry of the        
,senate4  7#c7 ,the ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce of the ,house of  

,representatives4  7#d7 ,the ,committee 
on ,agriculture of the ,house of        
,representatives4  7d7 ,data inclusion  
,the report required under subsection   
7b7 shall include all data that the     
,comptroller ,general deems relevant to 
and supportive of any conclusions drawn 
with respect to the effects of the      
,,fcc's reforms and any disparities or  
trends detected in the items subject to 
the report4