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(II) the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate; and 
(III) the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate. 
(B) CO-CHAIRS.—The Task Force shall be 
co-chaired by the Secretary and the Assistant 
Secretary, or their designees. 
(C) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall 
include at least— 
(i) 1 representative from a State de-
partment of transportation; 
(ii) 1 representative from a local gov-
ernment; 
(iii) 1 representative from a Tribal 
government; 
(iv) 
representative 
from 
a 
broadband provider; 
(v) 1 representative from a State or 
local broadband provider; 
(vi) 1 representative from a labor 
union; and 
(vii) 1 representative from a public in-
terest organization. 
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(D) APPOINTMENT
DEADLINE.—Members 
shall be appointed to the Task Force not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(E) EFFECT OF LACK OF APPOINTMENT 
BY APPOINTMENT DATE.—If 1 or more appoint-
ments required under subparagraph (A) is not 
made by the appointment date specified in sub-
paragraph (D), the authority to make such ap-
pointment or appointments shall expire and the 
number of members of the Task Force shall be 
reduced by the number equal to the number of 
appointments so expired. 
(F) TERMS.—Members shall be appointed 
for the life of the Task Force. A vacancy in the 
Task Force shall not affect its powers and shall 
be filled in the same manner as the initial ap-
pointment was made. 
(5) CONSULTATIONS.—In carrying out the du-
ties required under this subsection, the Task Force 
shall consult, at a minimum— 
(A) the Commission; 
(B) agencies of States including— 
(i) State departments of transpor-
tation; and 
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(ii) appropriate State agencies; 
(C) agencies of local governments respon-
sible for transportation and rights of way, utili-
ties, and telecommunications and broadband; 
(D) Tribal governments; 
(E) broadband providers and other tele-
communications providers; 
(F) labor unions; and 
(G) State or local broadband providers and 
Tribal governments that act as broadband pro-
viders. 
(6) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(A) EXPENSES FOR NON-FEDERAL MEM-
BERS.—Non-Federal members of the Task 
Force shall be allowed travel expenses, includ-
ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates au-
thorized for employees under subchapter I of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 
away from their homes or regular places of 
business in the performance of services for the 
Task Force. 
(B) STAFF.—Staff of the Task Force shall 
comprise detailees with relevant expertise from 
the Department of Transportation and the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Information Ad-
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ministration, or another Federal agency the co- 
chairpersons consider appropriate, with the con-
sent of the head of the Federal agency, and 
such detailee shall retain the rights, status, and 
privileges of his or her regular employment 
without interruption. 
(C) ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANCE.—The 
Secretary and Assistant Secretary shall provide 
to the Task Force on a reimbursable basis ad-
ministrative support and other services for the 
performance of the functions of the Task Force. 
(7) TERMINATION.—The Task Force shall ter-
minate not later than 90 days after issuance of the 
final report required under paragraph (3)(B). 
TITLE VI—REPEAL OF RULE AND 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF NPRM 
SEC. 6001. REPEAL OF RULE AND PROHIBITION ON USE OF 
NPRM. 
(a) REPEAL
OF RULE.—The Fourth Report and 
Order, Order on Reconsideration, Memorandum Opinion 
and Order, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Notice 
of Inquiry in the matter of bridging the digital divide for 
low-income consumers, lifeline and link up reform and 
modernization, telecommunications carriers eligible for 
universal service support that was adopted by the Commis-
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sion on November 16, 2017 (FCC 17–155), shall have no 
force or effect. 
(b) RULEMAKING
IN
RELIANCE
ON
UNIVERSAL 
SERVICE CONTRIBUTION METHODOLOGY NPRM PROHIB-
ITED.—Beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Commission may not rely on the Notice of Pro-
posed Rulemaking in the matter of universal service con-
tribution methodology that was adopted by the Commis-
sion on May 15, 2019 (FCC 19–46), to satisfy the require-
ments of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, for 
adopting, amending, revoking, or otherwise modifying any 
rule (as defined in section 551 of such title) of the Com-
mission. 
Æ 
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