,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ag1        
#bjah,ms4 ,eshoo 7for herself1 ,mr4     
,michael ,f4 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania1   
,mr4 ,ellison1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4       
,o',rourke1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 and ,mr4       
,polis7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,telecommunications ,act of   
#aiif to preserve and protect the       
ability of local governments to provide 
broadband capability and services4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,community ,broadband ,act of #bjah4
  #b4 ,community broadband capability   
and services ,section #gjf of the       
,telecommunications ,act of #aiif 7#dg  
,u4,s4,c4 #acjb7 is amended--  7#a7 by  
redesignating subsection 7d7 as         
subsection 7e7 and inserting after      
subsection 7c7 the following3  7d7      
,local government provision of advanced 
telecommunications capability and       

services  7#a7 ,in general ,no ,state   
statute1 regulation1 or other ,state    
legal requirement may prohibit or have  
the effect of prohibiting any public    
provider from providing1 to any person  
or any public or private entity1        
advanced telecommunications capability  
or any service that utilizes the        
advanced telecommunications capability  
provided by such provider4  7#b7        
,antidiscrimination safeguards ,to the  
extent any public provider regulates    
competing private providers of advanced 
telecommunications capability or        
services that utilize advanced          
telecommunications capability1 it shall 
apply its ordinances and rules without  
discrimination in favor of itself or any
 provider that it owns of services that 
utilize advanced telecommunications     
capability4  7#c7 ,savings clause       
,nothing in this subsection shall exempt
 a public provider from any ,federal or 
,state telecommunications law or        
regulation that applies to all providers

 of advanced telecommunications         
capability or services that utilize such
 advanced telecommunications capability4
  2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7e71 as     
redesignated-- 7,a7 in the matter       
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking   
this subsection and inserting this      
section2 and  7,b7 by adding at the end 
the following3  7#c7 ,public provider   
,the term public provider means a ,state
 or political subdivision thereof1 any  
agency1 authority1 or instrumentality of
 a ,state or political subdivision      
thereof1 or an ,indian tribe 7as defined
 in section #d7;e7 of the ,indian       
,self-,determination and ,education     
,assistance ,act 7#be ,u4,s4,c4         
#ecjd7;e7771 that provides advanced     
telecommunications capability1 or any   
service that utilizes such advanced     
telecommunications capability1 to any   
person or public or private entity4  4