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H.R. 4596 — what changed

Small Business Broadband Deployment Act

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 2 Exception to enhancement to transparency requirements for small businesses

(a)
In general— The enhancements to the transparency rule of the Federal Communications Commission under section 8.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as described in paragraphs 162 through 184 of the Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order of the Federal Communications Commission with regard to protecting and promoting the open Internet (adopted February 26, 2015) (FCC 15–24), shall not apply to any small business.
(b)
added Sunset— Subsection (a) shall not have any force or effect after the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c)
added Report by FCC— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that contains the recommendations of the Commission (and data supporting such recommendations) regarding—
(1)
added whether the exception provided by subsection (a) should be made permanent; and
(2)
added whether the definition of the term “small business” for purposes of such exception should be modified from the definition in subsection (d)(2).
(d)
renumbered was (3) Definitions— In this section:
(1)
renumbered was (3)(3) Broadband Internet access service— The term broadband Internet access service has the meaning given such term in section 8.2 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations.
(2)
added Small business— The term small business means any provider of broadband Internet access service that has not more than 250,000 subscribers.
(2)
removed Small business— The term small business means any provider of broadband Internet access service that has not more than—
(A)
removed 1,500 employees; or
(B)
removed 500,000 subscribers.