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changing, modifying, or altering the amount of sup-
port or means of distribution for the schools, libraries, 
rural health care, life-line, link-up, and toll limita-
tion programs; and 
(2) the Federal Communications Commission 
shall ensure that such amendments do not result in 
a decrease of such support to a level below the level 
for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which 
this Act is enacted. 
(c) AMERICAN
COMMUNITY
SURVEY
RESIDENTIAL 
INTERNET ACCESS QUESTION.—The Secretary of Com-
merce, in consultation with the Federal Communications 
Commission, shall expand the American Community Sur-
vey conducted by the Bureau of the Census to elicit informa-
tion for residential households, including those located on 
Indian land (as defined in section 4(9) of the American 
Indian Agricultural Resource Management Act (25 U.S.C. 
3703(9))), as to what technology such households use to ac-
cess the Internet from home. 
SEC. 261. COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR LIBRARIES. 
Section 254(h)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 254(h)(4)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) CERTAIN USERS NOT ELIGIBLE.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this subsection, the 
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following entities are not entitled to preferential rates 
or treatment as required by this subsection: 
‘‘(A) An entity operated as a for-profit busi-
ness. 
‘‘(B) A school described in paragraph 
(7)(A) with an endowment of more than 
$50,000,000. 
‘‘(C) A library or library consortium not el-
igible for assistance under the Library Services 
and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.) 
from a State library administrative agency. 
‘‘(D) A library or library consortium not el-
igible for assistance funded by a grant under sec-
tion 261 of the Library Services and Technology 
Act (20 U.S.C. 9161) from an Indian tribe or 
other organization.’’. 
SEC. 262. USF SUPPORT FOR INSULAR AREAS. 
Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall issue 
an order in FCC Docket 96–45 establishing a predictable 
and sufficient support mechanism for eligible carriers in 
insular areas, including any insular area that is a State 
comprised entirely of islands, that includes assistance for 
high-cost communications transport services used by car-
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riers whose service territory includes multiple noncontig-
uous service areas. 
TITLE III—STREAMLINING THE 
FRANCHISING PROCESS 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Video Competition and 
Savings for Consumers Act of 2006’’. 
Subtitle A—Updating the 1934 Act 
and 
Leveling 
the 
Regulatory 
Playing Field 
SEC. 311. APPLICATION OF TITLE VI TO VIDEO SERVICES 
AND VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
(a) TERMINOLOGY.—Title VI (47 U.S.C. 521 et seq.), 
except for section 602 (47 U.S.C. 522), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘cable operator’’, ‘‘cable opera-
tor’s’’, and ‘‘cable operators’’ each place they appear 
and inserting ‘‘video service provider’’, ‘‘video service 
provider’s’’, or ‘‘video service providers’’, respectively; 
(2) by striking ‘‘cable’’ when used in ‘‘cable aux-
iliary’’, ‘‘cable communications’’, ‘‘cable network’’, 
‘‘cable programmer’’, ‘‘cable programmers’’, ‘‘cable 
service’’, ‘‘cable services’’, ‘‘cable subscriber’’, ‘‘cable 
system’’, ‘‘cable systems’’, or ‘‘cable telecommuni-
cations’’, each place it appears and inserting ‘‘video 
service’’; 
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(3) 
by 
striking 
‘‘noncable’’ 
in 
section 
614(h)(1)(C)(ii)(IV) and inserting ‘‘non-video serv-
ice’’; 
(4) except where amended by paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘operator’’, ‘‘operator’s’’, and ‘‘operators’’ 
each place they appear and inserting ‘‘provider’’, 
‘‘provider’s’’, or ‘‘providers’’, respectively; 
(5) by striking ‘‘cassette’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(6) by striking ‘‘tape’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘record’’. 
(b) HEADINGS.—Title VI (47 U.S.C. 521 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking the heading for title VI and in-
serting ‘‘TITLE VI—VIDEO SERVICES’’; 
(2) by striking the heading for part II and in-
serting ‘‘PART II—USE OF VIDEO SERV-
ICES; RESTRICTIONS’’; 
(3) by striking the heading for part III and in-
serting ‘‘PART III—FRANCHISING’’; and 
(4) striking ‘‘CABLE’’ in the heading for sec-
tions 633 and 640 and inserting ‘‘VIDEO’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Notwithstanding section 381(a) of 
this Act: 
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(1) NEW REGULATIONS.—Within 120 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission 
shall issue regulations to implement sections 603, 611, 
612, 621, and 622 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended by this Act. 
(2) UPDATING EXISTING REGULATIONS.—Within 
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall issue, as necessary, updated regula-
tions needed under title VI or other provisions of the 
Communications Act of 1934 to reflect the amend-
ments made by this Act. 
SEC. 312. FRANCHISE APPLICATIONS; SCOPE. 
Part I of title VI (47 U.S.C. 521 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 603. FRANCHISE APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) EXPEDITED PROCESS.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this subsection, a franchising authority 
shall grant a franchise to provide video service within 
its franchise area to a video service provider within 
90 calendar days after receiving a franchise applica-
tion that is complete from the video service provider 
except for— 
‘‘(A) the franchise fee percentage, as pro-
vided by section 622(b)(1); 
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