H.R. 4596 — Reported in House

IB Union Calendar No. 339 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4596 [Report No. 114–444] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 24, 2016 Mr. Walden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce March 7, 2016 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 24, 2016 A BILL To ensure that small business providers of broadband Internet access service can devote resources to broadband deployment rather than compliance with cumbersome regulatory requirements. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Broadband Deployment Act. 2. Exception to enhancement to transparency requirements for small businesses (a) In general The enhancements to the transparency rule of the Federal Communications Commission under section 8.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as described in paragraphs 162 through 184 of the Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order of the Federal Communications Commission with regard to protecting and promoting the open Internet (adopted February 26, 2015) (FCC 15–24), shall not apply to any small business. (b) Sunset Subsection (a) shall not have any force or effect after the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Report by FCC Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that contains the recommendations of the Commission (and data supporting such recommendations) regarding— (1) whether the exception provided by subsection (a) should be made permanent; and (2) whether the definition of the term small business for purposes of such exception should be modified from the definition in subsection (d)(2). (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Broadband Internet access service The term broadband Internet access service has the meaning given such term in section 8.2 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations. (2) Small business The term small business means any provider of broadband Internet access service that has not more than 250,000 subscribers. March 7, 2016 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed