(II) permit a consumer to sub-
scribe to one type of service described 
in subclause (I) or both types. 
(C) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
FOR ADDRESSING SHORTFALLS IN FUNDING.— 
The Commission shall establish transparency 
and accountability requirements for amounts 
made available for the purpose set forth in sub-
paragraph (1)(B) that, at a minimum— 
(i) establish periodic reporting and 
certification requirements for funding re-
cipients to ensure that the funding results 
in the offering of voice service and 
broadband internet access service at rea-
sonably comparable rates and performance 
levels; 
(ii) establish standard penalties for 
noncompliance with the requirements es-
tablished under this subparagraph and as 
may be further prescribed by the Commis-
sion; 
(iii) establish procedures for recovery 
of funds, in whole or in part, from funding 
recipients in the event of default or non-
compliance with the requirements estab-
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lished under this subparagraph and as may 
be further prescribed by the Commission; 
and 
(iv) require a funding recipient to— 
(I) 
offer 
voice 
service 
and 
broadband internet access service; and 
(II) permit a consumer to sub-
scribe to one type of service described 
in subclause (I) or both types. 
(f) REPORTS.— 
(1) AUCTION-SPECIFIC
REPORTS.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the Commis-
sion announces the results of an auction under sec-
tion 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 309(j)), the Commission shall publish and 
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the amount of net proceeds that 
will be deposited in the Rural Broadband Assess-
ment and Deployment Fund under paragraph 
(8)(H) of that section (as added by section 2 of this 
Act) as a result of that auction. 
(2) AUCTION
PROCEEDS
DEPLOYMENT
RE-
PORT.—Section 309(j) of the Communications Act 
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of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(19) REPORT ON RURAL BROADBAND ASSESS-
MENT
AND
DEPLOYMENT
FUND
PROCEEDS.—Not 
later than March 1, 2021, and not less frequently 
than annually thereafter, the Commission shall pub-
lish and submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives a report on— 
‘‘(A) the distribution of amounts made 
available under section 3(d) of the Rural 
Connectivity Advancement Program Act of 
2020 for the preceding year; and 
‘‘(B) the projected distribution of amounts 
that will be made available under section 3(d) 
of the Rural Connectivity Advancement Pro-
gram Act of 2020 for the year after the year 
in which the report is published and sub-
mitted.’’. 
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