dress, the broadband inventory map developed and main-
tained pursuant to section 3, or any of the individual State 
maps that may compose it. 
SEC. 8. STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY. 
Except as provided in section 7, nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to expand or limit the authority of States, 
Indian tribes, or units of local government to compel the 
collection of information. 
SEC. 9. SUNSET PROVISIONS. 
(a) BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT INFORMATION & CON-
SUMER SURVEY.—Sections 2 and 6 shall cease to be effective 
after the end of the 6-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) BROADBAND INVENTORY MAP.—Section 3 shall 
cease to be effective after the end of the 7-year period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out sections 3 and 4 of this Act— 
(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(2) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(3) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
(b) BROADBAND MAP INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT 
GRANTS.—Of any amounts appropriated in each fiscal 
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year pursuant to subsection (a), not less than $15,000,000 
shall be available only for grants under section 4. 
(c) LOCAL TECHNOLOGY PLANNING GRANTS.—In ad-
dition to the amount appropriated under subsection (a), 
there is authorized to be appropriated to make grants under 
section 5— 
(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 
(3) $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
shall apply: 
(1) 
BROADBAND
SERVICE
CAPABILITY.—The 
term ‘‘broadband service capability’’ means an Inter-
net Protocol-based transmission service that is offered 
to end users to enable such end users to send and re-
ceive voice, video, data, graphics, or a combination, 
to or from the Internet without regard to any trans-
mission media or technology. 
(2) 
COMMISSION.—The 
term 
‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ has 
the meaning given in section 4(e) of the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 450b(e)). 
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(4) NTIA.—The term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Information Admin-
istration of the Department of Commerce. 
(5) PERSONAL
CONSUMER
INFORMATION.—The 
term ‘‘personal consumer information’’— 
(A) means information that allows a 
human being to be identified individually; 
(B) includes the following information with 
respect to an individual: 
(i) the first and last name; 
(ii) a home or physical address; 
(iii) a date or place of birth; 
(iv) an email address or a telephone 
number; 
(v) a Social Security account number, 
tax identification number, birth certificate 
number, passport number, driver’s license 
number, or any other any government- 
issued identification number; or 
(vi) a credit card number or bank ac-
count or card number; and 
(C) does not include any record of aggregate 
information that does not permit the identifica-
tion of particular individuals. 
(6) PROVIDER.— 
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(A) PUBLIC PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘public’’ 
when used with respect to a provider of 
broadband service capability means a provider 
that is an agency or instrumentality of a State, 
or a municipality or other subdivision (or agen-
cy or instrumentality of a municipality or other 
subdivision) of a State, regardless of the facilities 
used. 
(B) COMMERCIAL
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘commercial’’ when used with respect to a pro-
vider of broadband service capability means a 
provider that offers broadband service capability 
for a fee, or on an advertising-supported basis, 
directly to the public or to such classes of users 
as to be effectively available to the public, re-
gardless of the facilities used. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the States 
of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Is-
lands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and any other territory and possession of the 
United States. 
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Union Calendar No. 274 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3919 
[Report No. 110–443] 
A BILL 
To provide for a comprehensive nationwide inven-
tory of existing broadband service, and for other 
purposes. 
NOVEMBER 13, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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