,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #heef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bc1 #bjbd,mr4  
,schiff 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,norton1     
,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 ,mr4   
,robert ,garcia of ,california1 ,mr4    
,mc,govern1 and ,ms4 ,stansbury7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend     
section #bed of the ,communications ,act
 of #aicd to ensure that certain        
telecommunications assistance available 
to assist school buses is preserved     
consistent with the ,declaratory ,ruling
 in the matter of ,modernizing the      
,e-,rate ,program for ,schools and      
,libraries adopted by the ,federal      
,communications ,commission on ,october 
#ai1 #bjbc 7,,fcc #bc-hd2 ,,wc ,docket  
,no4 #ac-ahd71 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,clarifying ,e-,rate ,act of    
#bjbd4  #b4 ,telecommunications services
 for certain providers  7a7 ,school     

buses and other locations where learning
 occurs ,section #bed of the            
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bed7 is amended-- 7#a7 in    
subsection 7b77#f71 by striking and     
classrooms and inserting 7including     
classrooms associated with such schools1
 buses associated with such schools 7if 
owned1 leased1 or contracted by a school
 and used primarily to transport        
students to and from such school or     
activities related to such school71 and 
other locations where learning occurs as
 determined appropriate by the          
,commission72  7#b7 in subsection       
7h77#a77;,b71 by inserting 7including1  
with respect to schools1 to classrooms  
associated with such schools1 buses     
associated with such schools 7if owned1 
leased1 or contracted by a school and   
used primarily to transport students to 
and from such school or activities      
related to such school71 and other      
locations where learning occurs as      
determined appropriate by the           

,commission7 after educational purposes2
 and  7#c7 in subsection 7h77#b77;,a71  
by striking school classrooms and       
inserting schools 7including classrooms 
associated with such schools1 buses     
associated with such schools 7if owned1 
leased1 or contracted by a school and   
used primarily to transport students to 
and from such school or activities      
related to such school71 and other      
locations where learning occurs as      
determined appropriate by the           
,commission74  7b7 ,applicability ,the  
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply to amounts made available for     
funding year #bjbe and each funding year
 thereafter4  7c7 ,rule of construction 
,the amendments made by subsection 7a7  
may not be construed to affect the      
authority of the ,federal               
,communications ,commission with respect
 to the ,declaratory ,ruling in the     
matter of ,modernizing the ,e-,rate     
,program for ,schools and ,libraries    
adopted by the ,commission on ,october  

#ai1 #bjbc 7,,fcc #bc-hd2 ,,wc ,docket  
,no4 #ac-ahd74  7d7 ,determinations ,not
 later than #a year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal
 ,communications ,commission shall      
promulgate a notice of proposed         
rulemaking to-- 7#a7 specify1 if any1   
additional locations where learning     
occurs that the ,commission determines  
appropriate for purposes of subsections 
7b77#f71 7h77#a77;,b71 and 7h77#b77;,a7 
of section #bed of the ,communications  
,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bed71 as  
amended by this ,act2 and  7#b7         
establish an annual assessment process  
for determining if further modifications
 are necessary with respect to such     
additional locations4