,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aiej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #e1   
#bjag,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,booker7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require the ,federal              
,communications ,commission to submit to
 ,congress a report on promoting        
broadband ,internet access service for  
veterans4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,improving          
,broadband ,access for ,veterans ,act of
 #bjag4  #b4 ,report on promoting       
broadband internet access service for   
veterans  7a7 ,definitions ,in this     
section--  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 capabilities   

that are incidental to and enable the   
operation of the communications service2
  7,b7 does not include dial-up         
,internet access service2 and  7,c7     
includes any service that the           
,commission finds to be providing a     
functional equivalent of the service    
described in subparagraph 7,a72  7#b7   
the term ,commission means the ,federal 
,communications ,commission2 and  7#c7  
the term veteran has the meaning given  
the term in section #aja of title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code4  7b7 ,report     
required  7#a7 ,in general ,not later   
than #a year after the date of enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,commission shall    
submit to ,congress a report on         
promoting broadband ,internet access    
service for veterans1 in particular     
low-income veterans and veterans        
residing in rural areas4  7#b7 ,contents
 ,in the report required under paragraph
 7#a71 the ,commission shall--  7,a7    
examine broadband ,internet access      
service and how to promote broadband    

,internet access service2 and  7,b7     
provide findings and recommendations for
 ,congress with respect to broadband    
,internet access service and how to     
promote broadband ,internet access      
service4  7c7 ,public notice and        
opportunity ,to comment ,in preparing   
the report required under subsection    
7b71 the ,commission shall provide the  
public with notice and an opportunity to
 comment on broadband ,internet access  
service for veterans1 in particular     
low-income veterans and veterans        
residing in rural areas1 and how to     
promote broadband ,internet access      
service for such individuals4