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Community Broadband Act

Community Broadband Act

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Published by Senator Cory Booker
January 22, 2015
January 22, 2015

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Published by: Senator Cory Booker on Jan 22, 2015
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OLL15090 S.L.C.
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CONGRESS 1
ST
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ESSION
 
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To promote competition, to preserve the ability of local governments to provide  broadband capability and services, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. B
OOKER
(for himself, Mr. M
 ARKEY 
, and Mrs. M
C
C
 ASKILL
) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To promote competition, to preserve the ability of local gov-ernments to provide broadband capability and services, and for other purposes.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Broadband
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 Act of 2015’’.
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
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In this Act—
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(1) the term ‘‘advanced telecommunications ca-
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pability’’ has the meaning given the term in section
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OLL15090 S.L.C.
706(d)(1) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
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(47 U.S.C. 1302(d)(1));
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(2) the term ‘‘advanced telecommunications ca-
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pability or services’’ means—
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(A) advanced telecommunications capa-
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 bility; or
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(B) services using advanced telecommuni-
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cations capability;
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(3) the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ has the meaning
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given the term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-De-
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termination and Education Assistance Act (25
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U.S.C. 450b(e));
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(4) the term ‘‘public provider’’ means—
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(A) a State or political subdivision thereof;
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(B) any agency, authority, or instrumen-
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tality of a State or political subdivision thereof;
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(C) an Indian tribe; or
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(D) any entity that is owned by, controlled
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 by, or otherwise affiliated with—
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(i) a State or political subdivision
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thereof;
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(ii) an agency, authority, or instru-
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mentality of a State or political subdivision
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thereof; or
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(iii) an Indian tribe; and
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OLL15090 S.L.C.
(5) the term ‘‘telecommunications service’’ has
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the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Com-
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munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).
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SEC. 3. LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISION OF TELE-
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COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE AND ADVANCED
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY AND
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SERVICES.
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No statute, regulation, or other legal requirement of
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a State or local government may prohibit, or have the ef-
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fect of prohibiting or substantially inhibiting, any public
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provider from providing telecommunications service or ad-
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 vanced telecommunications capability or services to any
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person or any public or private entity.
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SEC. 4. SAFEGUARDS.
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(a) A 
DMINISTRATION
.—To the extent any public pro-
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 vider regulates competing providers of telecommunications
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services or advanced telecommunications capability or
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services, the public provider shall apply its ordinances,
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rules, and policies, including those relating to the use of
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public rights-of-way, permitting, performance bonding,
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and reporting, without discrimination in favor of—
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(1) the public provider; or
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(2) any other provider of telecommunications
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service or advanced telecommunications capability or
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DeloresKirkwood added this note
Either allow consumers multiple providers in each category, or regulate rates w/ no contracts.
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chum the waters for the clowns
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Community Broadband Act - I hope this bill gets through and is implemented in the entire Hampton Roads region.
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