,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbhc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #af1 
#bjae ,mr4 ,daines 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,risch7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,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 requirements4  #a4 ,short    
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,small ,business ,broadband ,deployment 
,act of #bjae4  #b4 ,exception to       
enhancement to transparency requirements
 for small businesses  7a7 ,definitions 
,in this ,act-- 7#a7 the term broadband 
,internet access service--  7,a7 means a
 mass-market retail service by wire or  
radio that provides the capability to   
transmit data to and receive data from  
all or substantially all ,internet      
endpoints1 including any capability that

 is incidental to and enables the       
operation of the communications service2
 and  7,b7 does not include dial-up     
,internet access service2 and  7#b7 the 
term small business means any provider  
of broadband ,internet access service   
that has not more than--  7,a7 #a1ejj   
employees2 or  7,b7 #ejj1jjj            
subscribers4  7b7 ,exception for small  
businesses ,the enhancements to the     
transparency rule of the ,federal       
,communications ,commission under       
section #h4c of title #dg1 ,code of     
,federal ,regulations1 as described in  
paragraphs #afb through #ahd of the     
,report and ,order on ,remand1          
,declaratory ,ruling1 and ,order of the 
,federal ,communications ,commission    
with regard to protecting and promoting 
the open ,internet 7adopted ,february   
#bf1 #bjae7 7,,fcc #ae-bd71 shall not   
apply to any small business4