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‘‘(d) WAIVER, REDUCTION, AND DEFERMENT.—The 
Commission may waive, reduce, or defer payment of a fee 
under section 8 or 9 or an interest charge or penalty under 
this section in any specific instance for good cause shown, 
where such action would promote the public interest. 
‘‘(e) PAYMENT RULES.—The Commission shall by 
rule permit payment— 
‘‘(1) in the case of fees under section 8 or 9 in 
large amounts, by installments; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of fees under section 8 or 9 in 
small amounts, in advance for a number of years not 
to exceed the term of the license held by the payor. 
‘‘(f) ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.—The Commission shall 
develop accounting systems necessary to make the amend-
ments authorized by sections 8(c) and 9(d).’’. 
(d) TRANSITIONAL RULES.— 
(1) APPLICATION FEES.—An application fee es-
tablished under section 8 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as such section is in effect on the day be-
fore the effective date described in section 103 of 
this Act, shall remain in effect under section 8 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by 
subsection (a) of this section, until such time as the 
Commission adjusts or amends such fee under sub-
section (b) or (c) of such section 8, as so amended. 
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(2) REGULATORY FEES.—A regulatory fee es-
tablished under section 9 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as such section is in effect on the day be-
fore the effective date described in section 103 of 
this Act, shall remain in effect under section 9 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by 
subsection (b) of this section, until such time as the 
Commission adjusts or amends such fee under sub-
section (c) or (d) of such section 9, as so amended. 
(e) RULEMAKING TO AMEND SCHEDULE OF REGU-
LATORY FEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the effective date described in section 103, the Com-
mission shall complete a rulemaking proceeding 
under subsection (d) of section 9 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934, as amended by subsection (b) of 
this section. 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—If the Commission 
has not completed the rulemaking proceeding re-
quired by paragraph (1) by the date that is 6 
months after the effective date described in section 
103, the Commission shall submit to Congress a re-
port on the progress of such rulemaking proceeding. 
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SEC. 103. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title and the amendments made by this title 
shall take effect on October 1, 2018. 
TITLE II—APPLICATION OF 
ANTIDEFICIENCY ACT 
SEC. 201. APPLICATION OF ANTIDEFICIENCY ACT TO UNI-
VERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM. 
Section 302 of Public Law 108–494 (118 Stat. 3998) 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2018’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’. 
TITLE III—SECURING ACCESS TO 
NETWORKS IN DISASTERS 
SEC. 301. STUDY ON NETWORK RESILIENCY. 
Not later than 36 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress, and 
make publically available on the Commission’s website, a 
study on the public safety benefits and technical feasibility 
and cost of— 
(1) making telecommunications service pro-
vider-owned WiFi access points, and other commu-
nications technologies operating on unlicensed spec-
trum, available to the general public for access to 9– 
1–1 services, without requiring any login credentials, 
during times of emergency when mobile service is 
unavailable; 
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(2) the provision by non-telecommunications 
service provider-owned WiFi access points of public 
access to 9–1–1 services during times of emergency 
when mobile service is unavailable; and 
(3) other alternative means of providing the 
public with access to 9–1–1 services during times of 
emergency when mobile service is unavailable. 
SEC. 302. ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS DUR-
ING FEDERALLY DECLARED EMERGENCIES. 
Section 427(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189e(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘tele-
communications service’’ and inserting ‘‘wireline 
or mobile telephone service, Internet access 
service, radio or television broadcasting, cable 
service, or direct broadcast satellite service’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
semicolon and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) as clauses (i) through (v), respec-
tively; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘(1) provides’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1)(A) provides’’. 
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SEC. 303. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this title— 
(1) the term ‘‘mobile service’’ means commer-
cial mobile service (as defined in section 332 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332)) or 
commercial mobile data service (as defined in section 
6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Cre-
ation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401)); 
(2) the term ‘‘WiFi access point’’ means wire-
less Internet access using the standard designated as 
802.11 or any variant thereof; and 
(3) the term ‘‘times of emergency’’ means ei-
ther an emergency as defined in section 102 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), or an emergency 
as declared by the governor of a State or territory 
of the United States. 
TITLE IV—FCC CONSOLIDATED 
REPORTING 
SEC. 401. COMMUNICATIONS MARKETPLACE REPORT. 
Title I of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 13. COMMUNICATIONS MARKETPLACE REPORT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the last quarter of every even- 
numbered year, the Commission shall publish on its 
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website and submit to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
a report on the state of the communications marketplace. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report required by sub-
section (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) assess the state of competition in the com-
munications marketplace, including competition to 
deliver voice, video, audio, and data services among 
providers of telecommunications, providers of com-
mercial mobile service (as defined in section 332), 
multichannel video programming distributors (as de-
fined in section 602), broadcast stations, providers 
of satellite communications, Internet service pro-
viders, and other providers of communications serv-
ices; 
‘‘(2) assess the state of deployment of commu-
nications 
capabilities, 
including 
advanced 
tele-
communications capability (as defined in section 706 
of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 
1302)), regardless of the technology used for such 
deployment; 
‘‘(3) assess whether laws, regulations, regu-
latory practices (whether those of the Federal Gov-
ernment, States, political subdivisions of States, In-
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dian tribes or tribal organizations (as such terms are 
defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), or 
foreign governments), or demonstrated marketplace 
practices pose a barrier to competitive entry into the 
communications marketplace or to the competitive 
expansion of existing providers of communications 
services; 
‘‘(4) describe the agenda of the Commission for 
the next 2-year period for addressing the challenges 
and opportunities in the communications market-
place that were identified through the assessments 
under paragraphs (1) through (3); and 
‘‘(5) describe the actions that the Commission 
has taken in pursuit of the agenda described pursu-
ant to paragraph (4) in the previous report sub-
mitted under this section. 
‘‘(c) EXTENSION.—If the President designates a 
Commissioner as Chairman of the Commission during the 
last quarter of an even-numbered year, the portion of the 
report required by subsection (b)(4) may be published on 
the website of the Commission and submitted to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
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and Transportation of the Senate as an addendum during 
the first quarter of the following odd-numbered year. 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) ASSESSING
COMPETITION.—In assessing 
the state of competition under subsection (b)(1), the 
Commission shall consider all forms of competition, 
including the effect of intermodal competition, facili-
ties-based competition, and competition from new 
and emergent communications services, including the 
provision of content and communications using the 
Internet. 
‘‘(2) ASSESSING
DEPLOYMENT.—In assessing 
the state of deployment under subsection (b)(2), the 
Commission shall compile a list of geographical 
areas that are not served by any provider of ad-
vanced telecommunications capability. 
‘‘(3) CONSIDERING SMALL BUSINESSES.—In as-
sessing the state of competition under subsection 
(b)(1) and regulatory barriers under subsection 
(b)(3), the Commission shall consider market entry 
barriers for entrepreneurs and other small busi-
nesses in the communications marketplace in accord-
ance with the national policy under section 257(b).’’. 
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SEC. 402. CONSOLIDATION OF REDUNDANT REPORTS; CON-
FORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) ORBIT ACT REPORT.—Section 646 of the Com-
munications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 765e; 114 
Stat. 57) is repealed. 
(b) SATELLITE COMPETITION REPORT.—Section 4 of 
Public Law 109–34 (47 U.S.C. 703) is repealed. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADBAND DATA REPORT.— 
Section 103(b)(1) of the Broadband Data Improvement 
Act (47 U.S.C. 1303(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
assessment and report’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Fed-
eral Communications Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘its re-
port under section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
the Federal Communications Commission’’. 
(d) STATUS OF COMPETITION IN THE MARKET FOR 
THE DELIVERY OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING REPORT.—Sec-
tion 628 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
548) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (g); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (g); and 
(3) by transferring subsection (g) (as redesig-
nated) so that it appears after subsection (f). 
(e) REPORT ON CABLE INDUSTRY PRICES.—Section 
623(k) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
543(k)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘annually 
publish’’ and inserting ‘‘publish with its report 
under section 13’’; and 
(2) in the heading of paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘ANNUAL’’. 
(f) TRIENNIAL REPORT IDENTIFYING AND ELIMI-
NATING
MARKET
ENTRY
BARRIERS
FOR
ENTRE-
PRENEURS
AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES.—Section 
257 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 257) 
is amended by striking subsection (c). 
(g) STATE OF COMPETITIVE MARKET CONDITIONS 
WITH RESPECT TO COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERV-
ICES.—Section 332(c)(1)(C) of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 
the first and second sentences. 
(h) PREVIOUSLY ELIMINATED ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (k); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(l) 
through (o) as subsections (k) through (n), re-
spectively. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
309(j)(8)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 
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(47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B)) is amended by striking the 
last sentence. 
(i) ADDITIONAL OUTDATED REPORTS.—The Com-
munications Act of 1934 is further amended— 
(1) in section 4— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and shall furnish notice of such action’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘subject of the waiver’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (g), by striking para-
graph (2); 
(2) in section 215— 
(A) by striking subsection (b); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b); 
(3) in section 227(e), by striking paragraph (4); 
(4) in section 309(j)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (12); and 
(B) in paragraph (15)(C), by striking 
clause (iv); 
(5) in section 331(b), by striking the last sen-
tence; 
(6) in section 336(e), by amending paragraph 
(4) to read as follows: 
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‘‘(4) REPORT.—The Commission shall annually 
advise the Congress on the amounts collected pursu-
ant to the program required by this subsection.’’; 
(7) in section 339(c), by striking paragraph (1); 
(8) in section 396— 
(A) by striking subsection (i); 
(B) in subsection (k)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking sub-
paragraph (F); and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(B)(iii), by strik-
ing subclause (V); 
(C) in subsection (l)(1)(B), by striking 
‘‘shall be included’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘The audit report’’; and 
(D) by striking subsection (m); 
(9) in section 398(b)(4), by striking the third 
sentence; 
(10) in section 624A(b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘REPORT; REGULATIONS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘REGULATIONS’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Within 1 year after’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘on means of assuring’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Commission shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to assure’’; and 
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(C) by striking ‘‘Within 180 days after’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘to assure such 
compatibility.’’; and 
(11) in section 713, by striking subsection (a). 
SEC. 403. EFFECT ON AUTHORITY. 
Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 
title shall be construed to expand or contract the authority 
of the Commission. 
SEC. 404. OTHER REPORTS. 
Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 
title shall be construed to prohibit or otherwise prevent 
the Commission from producing any additional reports 
otherwise within the authority of the Commission. 
TITLE V—ADDITIONAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR FCC. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—The Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in section 8G(a)(2), by striking ‘‘the Fed-
eral Communications Commission,’’; and 
(2) in section 12— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, the 
Federal Communications Commission,’’ after 
‘‘the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Com-
mission’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 
Federal Communications Commission,’’ after 
‘‘the Environmental Protection Agency,’’. 
(b) TRANSITION RULE.—An individual serving as In-
spector General of the Commission on the date of the en-
actment of this Act pursuant to an appointment made 
under section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.)— 
(1) may continue so serving until the President 
makes an appointment under section 3(a) of such 
Act with respect to the Commission consistent with 
the amendments made by subsection (a); and 
(2) shall, while serving under paragraph (1), re-
main subject to the provisions of section 8G of such 
Act which, immediately before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, applied with respect to the Inspec-
tor General of the Commission and suffer no reduc-
tion in pay. 
SEC. 502. AUTHORITY OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall ensure that 
the Chief Information Officer of the Commission has a 
significant role in— 
(1) the decision-making process for annual and 
multi-year planning, programming, budgeting, and 
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execution decisions, related reporting requirements, 
and reports related to information technology; 
(2) the management, governance, and oversight 
processes related to information technology; and 
(3) the hiring of personnel with information 
technology responsibilities. 
(b) CIO APPROVAL.—The Chief Information Officer 
of the Commission, in consultation with the Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the Commission and budget officials, shall 
specify and approve the allocation of amounts appro-
priated to the Commission for information technology, 
consistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts, 
budget guidelines, and recommendations from the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 503. SPOOFING PREVENTION. 
(a) EXPANDING AND CLARIFYING PROHIBITION ON 
MISLEADING OR INACCURATE CALLER IDENTIFICATION 
INFORMATION.— 
(1) COMMUNICATIONS
FROM
OUTSIDE
THE 
UNITED STATES.—Section 227(e)(1) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘in connection with any tele-
communications service or IP-enabled voice service’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or any person outside the United 
States if the recipient is within the United States, 
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in connection with any voice service or text mes-
saging service’’. 
(2) COVERAGE OF TEXT MESSAGES AND VOICE 
SERVICES.—Section 227(e)(8) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘tele-
communications service or IP-enabled voice 
service’’ and inserting ‘‘voice service or a text 
message sent using a text messaging service’’; 
(B) in the first sentence of subparagraph 
(B), by striking ‘‘telecommunications service or 
IP-enabled voice service’’ and inserting ‘‘voice 
service or a text message sent using a text mes-
saging service’’; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(C) TEXT
MESSAGE.—The term ‘text 
message’— 
‘‘(i) means a message consisting of 
text, images, sounds, or other information 
that is transmitted to or from a device that 
is identified as the receiving or transmit-
ting device by means of a 10-digit tele-
phone number or N11 service code; 
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‘‘(ii) includes a short message service 
(commonly referred to as ‘SMS’) message 
and a multimedia message service (com-
monly referred to as ‘MMS’) message; and 
‘‘(iii) does not include— 
‘‘(I) a real-time, two-way voice or 
video communication; or 
‘‘(II) a message sent over an IP- 
enabled messaging service to another 
user of the same messaging service, 
except a message described in clause 
(ii). 
‘‘(D) TEXT
MESSAGING
SERVICE.—The 
term ‘text messaging service’ means a service 
that enables the transmission or receipt of a 
text message, including a service provided as 
part of or in connection with a voice service. 
‘‘(E) VOICE
SERVICE.—The term ‘voice 
service’— 
‘‘(i) means any service that is inter-
connected with the public switched tele-
phone network and that furnishes voice 
communications to an end user using re-
sources from the North American Num-
bering Plan or any successor to the North 
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American Numbering Plan adopted by the 
Commission under section 251(e)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) includes transmissions from a 
telephone facsimile machine, computer, or 
other device to a telephone facsimile ma-
chine.’’. 
(3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 227(e) 
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
227(e)) is amended in the heading by inserting 
‘‘MISLEADING OR’’ before ‘‘INACCURATE’’. 
(4) REGULATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 227(e)(3)(A) of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
227(e)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Not 
later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009, the 
Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘The Commission’’. 
(B) DEADLINE.—The Commission shall 
prescribe regulations to implement the amend-
ments made by this subsection not later than 
18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date that 
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is 6 months after the date on which the Commission 
prescribes regulations under paragraph (4). 
(b) CONSUMER EDUCATION MATERIALS ON HOW TO 
AVOID SCAMS THAT RELY UPON MISLEADING OR INAC-
CURATE CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Commission, in coordination with the Federal 
Trade Commission, shall develop consumer edu-
cation materials that provide information about— 
(A) ways for consumers to identify scams 
and other fraudulent activity that rely upon the 
use of misleading or inaccurate caller identifica-
tion information; and 
(B) existing technologies, if any, that a 
consumer can use to protect against such scams 
and other fraudulent activity. 
(2) CONTENTS.—In developing the consumer 
education materials under paragraph (1), the Com-
mission shall— 
(A) identify existing technologies, if any, 
that can help consumers guard themselves 
against scams and other fraudulent activity 
that rely upon the use of misleading or inac-
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curate caller identification information, includ-
ing— 
(i) descriptions of how a consumer 
can use the technologies to protect against 
such scams and other fraudulent activity; 
and 
(ii) details on how consumers can ac-
cess and use the technologies; and 
(B) provide other information that may 
help consumers identify and avoid scams and 
other fraudulent activity that rely upon the use 
of misleading or inaccurate caller identification 
information. 
(3) UPDATES.—The Commission shall ensure 
that the consumer education materials required 
under paragraph (1) are updated on a regular basis. 
(4) WEBSITE.—The Commission shall include 
the consumer education materials developed under 
paragraph (1) on its website. 
(c) GAO REPORT ON COMBATING THE FRAUDULENT 
PROVISION
OF MISLEADING
OR INACCURATE CALLER 
IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study of the ac-
tions the Commission and the Federal Trade Com-
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mission have taken to combat the fraudulent provi-
sion of misleading or inaccurate caller identification 
information, and the additional measures that could 
be taken to combat such activity. 
(2) 
REQUIRED
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
con-
ducting the study under paragraph (1), the Comp-
troller General shall examine— 
(A) trends in the types of scams that rely 
on misleading or inaccurate caller identification 
information; 
(B) previous and current enforcement ac-
tions by the Commission and the Federal Trade 
Commission to combat the practices prohibited 
by section 227(e)(1) of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(1)); 
(C) current efforts by industry groups and 
other entities to develop technical standards to 
deter or prevent the fraudulent provision of 
misleading or inaccurate caller identification in-
formation, and how such standards may help 
combat the current and future provision of mis-
leading or inaccurate caller identification infor-
mation; and 
(D) whether there are additional actions 
the Commission, the Federal Trade Commis-
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sion, and Congress should take to combat the 
fraudulent provision of misleading or inaccurate 
caller identification information. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate a report on the findings of 
the study under paragraph (1), including any rec-
ommendations regarding combating the fraudulent 
provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identi-
fication information. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion, or the amendments made by this section, shall be 
construed to modify, limit, or otherwise affect any rule or 
order adopted by the Commission in connection with— 
(1) the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 
1991 (Public Law 102–243; 105 Stat. 2394) or the 
amendments made by that Act; or 
(2) the CAN–SPAM Act of 2003 (15 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.). 
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SEC. 504. REPORT ON PROMOTING BROADBAND INTERNET 
ACCESS SERVICE FOR VETERANS. 
(a) VETERAN DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘veteran’’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 
of title 38, United States Code. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission 
shall submit to Congress a report on promoting broadband 
Internet access service for veterans, in particular low-in-
come veterans and veterans residing in rural areas. In 
such report, the Commission shall— 
(1) examine such access and how to promote 
such access; and 
(2) provide findings and recommendations for 
Congress with respect to such access and how to 
promote such access. 
(c) PUBLIC NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO COM-
MENT.—In preparing the report required by subsection 
(b), the Commission shall provide the public with notice 
and an opportunity to comment on broadband Internet ac-
cess service for veterans, in particular low-income veterans 
and veterans residing in rural areas, and how to promote 
such access. 
SEC. 505. METHODOLOGY FOR COLLECTION OF MOBILE 
SERVICE COVERAGE DATA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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(1) the term ‘‘commercial mobile data service’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 6001 of 
the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act 
of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401); 
(2) the term ‘‘commercial mobile service’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 332(d) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d)); 
(3) the term ‘‘coverage data’’ means, if com-
mercial mobile service or commercial mobile data 
service is available, general information about the 
service, which may include available speed tiers, 
radio frequency signal levels, and network and per-
formance characteristics; and 
(4) the term ‘‘Universal Service program’’ 
means the universal service support mechanisms es-
tablished under section 254 of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) and the regulations 
issued under that section. 
(b) METHODOLOGY ESTABLISHED.—Not later than 
180 days after the conclusion of the Mobility Fund Phase 
II Auction, the Commission shall promulgate regulations 
to establish a methodology that shall apply to the collec-
tion of coverage data by the Commission for the purposes 
of— 
(1) the Universal Service program; or 
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(ii) otherwise improve spectrum utili-
zation and intensity of use of bands where 
unlicensed or licensed by rule operations 
are already permitted; 
(C) will not cause harmful interference to 
Federal or non-Federal users of such bands; 
and 
(D) will not significantly impact homeland 
security or national security communications 
systems; and 
(3) examine additional ways, with respect to ex-
isting and planned databases or spectrum access sys-
tems designed to promote spectrum sharing and ac-
cess to spectrum for unlicensed or licensed by rule 
operations— 
(A) to improve accuracy and efficacy; 
(B) to reduce burdens on consumers, man-
ufacturers, and service providers; and 
(C) to protect sensitive Government infor-
mation. 
(d) SPECTRUM RELOCATION FUND.—To be included 
as an appendix as part of the plan developed under this 
section, the NTIA, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, shall share with 
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