(7) to collect and analyze detailed market data 
concerning the use and demand for broadband serv-
ice and related information technology services; 
(8) to facilitate information exchange regarding 
the use and demand for broadband service between 
public and private sectors; and 
(9) to create within each State a geographic in-
ventory map of broadband service, which shall— 
(A) identify gaps in such service through a 
method of geographic information system map-
ping of service availability at the census block 
level; and 
(B) provide a baseline assessment of state-
wide broadband deployment in terms of house-
holds with high-speed availability. 
(f) PARTICIPATION LIMIT.—For each State, an eligi-
ble entity may not receive a new grant under this section 
to fund the activities described in subsection (e) within 
such State if such organization obtained prior grant 
awards under this section to fund the same activities in 
that State in each of the previous 4 consecutive years. 
(g) REPORT.—Each recipient of a grant under sub-
section (b) shall submit a report on the use of the funds 
provided by the grant to the Secretary not later than 1 
year after the funds were received. 
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(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
BROADBAND
SERVICE.—The 
term 
‘‘broadband service’’ means any service that con-
nects to the public Internet that provides a data 
transmission-rate equivalent to at least 200 kilobits 
per second or any successor transmission-rate estab-
lished by the Federal Communications Commission, 
in at least 1 direction. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a nonprofit organization— 
(A) that is selected by a State to work in 
partnership with State agencies and private sec-
tor partners in identifying and tracking the 
availability and adoption of broadband service 
within each State; 
(B) that has an established competency 
and proven record of working with public and 
private sectors to accomplish widescale deploy-
ment and adoption of broadband service and in-
formation technology; and 
(C) the board of directors of which is not 
composed of a majority of individuals who are 
also employed by, or otherwise associated with, 
any Federal, State, or local government or any 
Federal, State, or local agency. 
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(3) NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization— 
(A) described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 
from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; 
and 
(B) no part of the net earnings of which 
inures to the benefit of any member, founder, 
contributor, or individual. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each 
State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and federally recognized In-
dian tribes. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
(j) NO REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed as giving any public or private enti-
ty established or affected by this Act any regulatory juris-
diction or oversight authority over providers of broadband 
service or information technology. 
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