,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #fih #aadth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #bbhc    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,november #af1 #bjae,mr4      
,daines 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 
,gardner1 ,mr4 ,roberts1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1
 and ,mr4 ,crapo7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,december #f1 #bjaf,reported by ,mr4  
,thune1 with an amendment,strike out all
 after the enacting clause and insert   
the part printed in italic  ,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  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,small ,business ,broadband ,deployment 
,act of #bjaf4  #b4 ,small business     
exemption  7a7 ,definitions ,in this    
section--  7#a7 the term appropriate    
congressional committees means-- 7,a7   
the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1  
and ,transportation of the ,senate2 and 
7,b7 the ,committee on ,energy and      
,commerce of the ,house of              
,representatives2  7#b7 the term        
broadband ,internet access service has  
the meaning given the term in section   
#h4b of title #dg1 ,code of ,federal    
,regulations2  7#c7 the term ,commission
 means the ,federal ,communications     
,commission2 and  7#d7 the term small   
business means any provider of broadband
 ,internet access service that has not  
more than #bej1jjj subscribers4  7b7    
,exception for small businesses ,the    

enhancements to the transparency rule of
 the ,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 ,commission with     
regard to protecting and promoting the  
open ,internet 7adopted by the          
,commission on ,february #bf1 #bjae7    
7,,fcc #ae-bd71 shall not apply to any  
small business4  7c7 ,report by ,,fcc   
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         
,commission shall submit to the         
appropriate congressional committees a  
report that contains the recommendations
 of the ,commission1 and data supporting
 those recommendations1 regarding--     
7#a7 whether the exception provided by  
subsection 7b7 should be made permanent2
 and  7#b7 whether the definition of the
 term small business for the purposes of
 that exception should be modified from 
the definition in subsection 7a77#d74   

7d7 ,rulemaking ,not later than #ahj    
days after the date on which ,commission
 submits the report under subsection    
7c71 the ,commission shall commence a   
rulemaking proceeding to implement the  
recommendations in that report4  7e7    
,sunset ,subsection 7b7 shall have no   
force or effect after the later of the  
date-- 7#a7 that is #c years after the  
date of enactment of this ,act2 or  7#b7
 on which the ,commission adopts rules  
in the proceeding required under        
subsection 7d74  ,december #f1          
#bjaf,reported with an amendment