(B) by inserting before the semicolon at 
the end the following: ‘‘; and (B) a national 
franchise that is effective under section 630 on 
the basis of a certification with the Commis-
sion’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (10), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but does not 
include the Commission with respect to a national 
franchise under section 630’’. 
SEC. 103. MONITORING AND REPORTING. 
(a) REPORT ON CABLE SERVICE DEPLOYMENT.— 
The Federal Communications Commission shall, com-
mencing not later than one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, issue a report annually on the deploy-
ment of cable service pursuant to the amendments made 
by this title. In its report, the Commission shall describe 
in detail— 
(1) with respect to deployment by new cable op-
erators— 
(A) the progress of deployment of such 
service within the telephone service area of 
cable operators, if the operator is also an in-
cumbent local exchange carrier, including a 
comparison with the progress of deployment of 
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broadband services not defined as cable services 
within such telephone service area; 
(B) the number of franchise areas in which 
such service is being deployed and offered; 
(C) where such service is not being de-
ployed and offered; and 
(D) the number and locations of franchise 
areas in which the cable operator is serving only 
a portion of the franchise area, and the extent 
of such service within the franchise area; 
(2) the number and locations of franchise areas 
in which a cable operator with a franchise under sec-
tion 621 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 541) on the date of enactment of this Act 
withdraws service from any portion of the franchise 
area for which it previously offered service, and the 
extent of such withdrawal of service within the fran-
chise area; 
(3) the rates generally charged for cable service; 
(4) the rates charged by overlapping, competing 
multichannel video programming distributors and by 
competing cable operators for comparable service or 
cable service; 
(5) the average household income of those fran-
chise areas or portions of franchise areas where 
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cable services is being offered, and the average 
household income of those franchise areas, or por-
tions of franchise areas, where cable service is not 
being offered; 
(6) the proportion of rural households to urban 
households, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, 
in those franchise areas or portions of franchise 
areas where cable service is being offered, and the 
proportion of rural households to urban households 
in those franchise areas or portions of franchise 
areas where cable service is not being offered, in-
cluding a State-by-State breakdown of such data 
and a comparison with the overall ratio of rural and 
urban households in each State; and 
(7) a comparison of the services and rates in 
areas served by national franchisees under section 
630 of the Communications Act of 1934 (as added 
by section 101 of this Act) and the services and 
rates in other areas. 
(b) CABLE OPERATOR REPORTS.—The Federal Com-
munications Commission is authorized— 
(1) to require cable operators to report to the 
Commission all of the information that the Commis-
sion needs to compile the report required by this sec-
tion; and 
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(2) to require cable operators to file the same 
information with the relevant franchising authorities 
and State commissions. 
SEC. 104. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act shall affect the application or interpretation of section 
224 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 224). 
TITLE
II—ENFORCEMENT
OF 
BROADBAND
POLICY
STATE-
MENT 
SEC. 201. ENFORCEMENT OF BROADBAND POLICY STATE-
MENT. 
Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 715. ENFORCEMENT OF BROADBAND POLICY STATE-
MENT. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Commission shall have the 
authority to enforce the Commission’s broadband policy 
statement and the principles incorporated therein. 
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall be en-
forced by the Commission under titles IV and V. A 
violation
of
the
Commission’s
broadband
policy 
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statement or the principles incorporated therein 
shall be treated as a violation of this Act. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM
FORFEITURE
PENALTY.—For 
purposes of section 503, the maximum forfeiture 
penalty applicable to a violation described in para-
graph (1) of this subsection shall be $500,000 for 
each violation. 
‘‘(3) ADJUDICATORY
AUTHORITY.—The Com-
mission shall have exclusive authority to adjudicate 
any complaint alleging a violation of the broadband 
policy statement and the principles incorporated 
therein. The Commission shall complete an adjudica-
tory proceeding under this subsection not later than 
90 days after receipt of the complaint. If, upon com-
pletion of an adjudicatory proceeding pursuant to 
this section, the Commission determines that such a 
violation has occurred, the Commission shall have 
authority to adopt an order to require the entity 
subject
to
the
complaint
to
comply
with
the 
broadband policy statement and the principles incor-
porated therein. Such authority shall be in addition 
to the authority specified in paragraph (1) to en-
force this section under titles IV and V. In addition, 
the Commission shall have authority to adopt proce-
dures for the adjudication of complaints alleging a 
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