,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #bghe ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,may #af1 #bjai,ms4 ,eshoo 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 and ,ms4 ,pingree7 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 ,state and local governments and public-private partnerships to provide broadband services4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,community ,broadband ,act of #bjai4 #b4 ,state1 local1 and public-private partnership broadband 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 ,state1 local1 and public-,private partnership 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 or public-private partnership 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 7,a7 ,public providers ,to the extent any public provider regulates competing private providers of advanced telecommunications capability or services that utilize advanced telecommunications capability1 such public provider 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,b7 ,public-private partnership providers ,to the extent any ,state or local entity that is part of a public-private partnership provider regulates competing private providers of advanced telecommunications capability or services that utilize advanced telecommunications capability1 such ,state or local entity shall apply its ordinances and rules without discrimination in favor of such public-private partnership provider or any provider that such ,state or local entity or public-private partnership provider owns of services that utilize advanced telecommunications capability4 7#c7 ,savings clause ,nothing in this subsection shall exempt a public provider or public-private partnership 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 local entity that provides advanced telecommunications capability1 or any service that utilizes such advanced telecommunications capability1 to any person or public or private entity4 7#d7 ,public-private partnership provider ,the term public-private partnership provider means a public-private partnership1 between a ,state or local entity and a private entity1 that provides advanced telecommunications capability1 or any service that utilizes such advanced telecommunications capability1 to any person or public or private entity4 7#e7 ,state or local entity ,the term ,state or local entity 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;e7774 4