,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aeee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjai,mr4 
,brindisi introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend the ,communications ,act of #aicd 
to require cable operators and internet 
service providers who are subject to    
,state fines to submit a report1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,transparency 
for ,cable ,consumers ,act4  #b4 ,,fcc  
reporting requirement for cable         
operators and internet service providers
 who are subject to ,state fines ,title 
,,vii of the ,communications ,act of    
#aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #fja et4 seq47 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #gbc4 ,reporting
 requirement for cable operators and    
internet service providers subject to   
,state fines and penalties  7a7 ,report 
required ,not later than ,october #a of 
each year for a period of ten years that

 begins the year following a year in    
which a cable operator or internet      
service provider begins making payments 
to a ,state that qualifies the operator 
or provider as a covered entity1 the    
covered entity shall submit to the      
,commission a report that includes the  
following3  7#a7 ,the total number of   
customers the covered entity has in each
 county in which the covered entity     
operates in that ,state4 ,for the second
 through tenth such report1 the         
percentage increase or decrease from the
 previous #ab months for each such      
county4  7#b7 ,the average monthly      
customer billed amount in each county in
 which the covered entity operates in   
that ,state for the previous #ab months4
 ,for the second through tenth such     
report1 the percentage increase or      
decrease from the previous #ab months   
for each county4  7#c7 ,in the case of a
 cable provider that is a covered       
entity1 the average billed amount for   
cable service for each county in which  

the covered entity operates in that     
,state for the previous #ab months4     
7#d7 ,in the case of an internet service
 provider that is a covered entity1 the 
average billed amount for broadband     
internet service for each county in     
which the covered entity operates in    
that ,state for the previous #ab months4
  7#e7 ,in the case of a covered entity 
that is a cable operator and an internet
 service provider1 a separate report for
 both the average billed amount for     
cable service and the average billed    
amount for broadband internet service   
for each county in which the covered    
entity operates in that ,state for the  
previous #ab months4  7#f7 ,the average 
internet speeds delivered to customers  
in each county in which the covered     
entity has operated in that ,state for  
the previous #ab months1 including the  
average upload and download speed4 ,for 
years #b-aj of the reporting            
requirement1 this must also include the 
percentage increase or decrease from the

 previous year for each county4  7#g7 ,a
 list of all additional fees which      
appeared on customers' bills during the 
past #ab months as well as the average  
charge for each fee for each county in  
which the company operates in that      
,state4 ,for the second through tenth   
such report1 the percentage increase or 
decrease from the previous #ab months   
for each county4  7b7 ,submission to    
,congress ,not later than #cj days after
 the date on which the ,commission      
receives a report under subsection 7a71 
the ,commission shall submit such report
 to each ,member of ,congress from the  
relevant ,state4  7c7 ,definitions ,in  
this section3 7#a7 ,broadband internet  
service ,the term broadband internet    
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,a7 
or that is used to evade the protections
 set forth in part #h of title #dg1     
,code of ,federal ,regulations4  7#b7   
,cable operator2 cable service ,the     
terms cable operator and cable service  
have the meanings given those terms in  
section #fjb4  7#c7 ,county ,the term   
county includes a parish or borough4    
7#d7 ,covered entity ,the term covered  
entity means a cable operator or        
internet service provider that is       
directed by a ,state ,public ,service   
,commission or ,state ,department of    
,public ,service to pay #a1jjj1jjj or   
more to the ,state in fines or          
penalties4  7#e7 ,internet service      
provider ,the term internet service     
provider means any person or group of   
persons that provides broadband internet

 access service4  7#f7 ,member of       
,congress ,the term ,member of ,congress
 means a ,senator or a ,representative  
in1 or ,delegate or ,resident           
,commissioner to1 the ,congress4  4