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Protect Broadband Funding Act

H.R. 5424 · 116th Congress · Dec 12, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

To protect funding for Universal Service Fund programs, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Protect Broadband Funding Act”.

Sec. 2 Prohibition on use of NPRM

Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission may not rely on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the matter of universal service contribution methodology that was adopted by the Commission on May 15, 2019 (FCC 19–46), to satisfy the requirements of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, for adopting, amending, revoking, or otherwise modifying any rule (as defined in section 551 of such title) of the Commission.