[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4596 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4596

 To ensure that small business providers of broadband Internet access 
   service can devote resources to broadband deployment rather than 
          compliance with cumbersome regulatory requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2016

  Mr. Walden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure that small business providers of broadband Internet access 
   service can devote resources to broadband deployment rather than 
          compliance with cumbersome regulatory requirements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Broadband Deployment 
Act''.

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) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) 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) Small business.--The term ``small business'' means any 
        provider of broadband Internet access service that has not more 
        than--
                    (A) 1,500 employees; or
                    (B) 500,000 subscribers.
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