,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aaig  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #ai1    
#bjbc,mr4 ,booker 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,markey1  
,mr4 ,sanders1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,telecommunications ,act of #aiif to
 preserve and protect the ability of    
,state and local governments1           
public-private partnerships1 and        
cooperatives to provide broadband       
services4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,community          
,broadband ,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,state1  
local1 public-private partnership1 and  
co-op 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 7e72  7#b7 by inserting after
 subsection 7c7 the following3  7d7     

,state1 local1 public-,private          
partnership1 and co-,op advanced        
telecommunications capability and       
services  7#a7 ,in general ,no statute1 
regulation1 or other legal requirement  
of a ,state may prohibit or have the    
effect of prohibiting any public        
provider1 public-private partnership    
provider1 or cooperatively organized    
provider from providing1 to any person  
or public or private entity1 advanced   
telecommunications capability or any    
service that utilizes the advanced      
telecommunications capability provided  
by that 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 the      
public provider shall apply its         
ordinances and rules without            
discrimination in favor of-- 7i7 the    

public provider2 or  7ii7 any entity    
owned by the public provider that       
provides 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 the      
,state or local entity shall apply its  
ordinances and rules without            
discrimination in favor of-- 7i7 the    
public-private partnership provider2 or 
7ii7 any entity owned by the ,state or  
local entity or public-private          
partnership provider that provides      
services that utilize advanced          
telecommunications capability4  7#c7    
,savings clause ,nothing in this        
subsection shall exempt a public        
provider1 public-private partnership    
provider1 or cooperatively organized    

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#c7 in subsection 7e71 as              
redesignated-- 7,a7 in the matter       
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking   
this subsection and inserting this      
section2  7,b7 by redesignating         
paragraph 7#b7 as paragraph 7#c72  7,c7 
by inserting after paragraph 7#a7 the   
following3  7#b7 ,cooperatively         
organized provider ,the term            
cooperatively organized provider means  
an entity that is treated as a          
cooperative under ,federal tax law and  
that provides advanced                  
telecommunications capability1 or any   
service that utilizes such advanced     
telecommunications capability1 to any   
person or public or private entity4  2  
and  7,d7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#d7 ,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#e7 ,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#f7 ,state or local entity ,the term   
,state or local entity means-- 7,a7 a   
,state or political subdivision thereof2
  7,b7 any agency1 authority1 or        
instrumentality of a ,state or political
 subdivision thereof2 or  7,c7 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