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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, 
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. 
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‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS AND DEMO-
GRAPHIC INFORMATION.—The Commission may use 
readily available data to draw appropriate compari-
sons between the United States communications 
marketplace and the international communications 
marketplace and to correlate its assessments with 
demographic information. 
‘‘(4) 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). 
‘‘(5) CONSIDERING CABLE RATES.—In assess-
ing the state of competition under subsection (b)(1), 
the Commission shall include in each report required 
by subsection (a) the aggregate average total 
amount paid by cable systems in compensation 
under section 325 during the period covered by such 
report.’’. 
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SEC. 3. 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 of the Broadband Data Improvement Act (47 
U.S.C. 1303) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (b) through (d), respectively. 
(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.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 623 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 543) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (k); and 
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(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(l) 
through (o) as subsections (k) through (n), re-
spectively. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
613(a)(3) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 533(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘623(l)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘623(k)’’. 
(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) SECTION 706 REPORT.—Section 706 of the Tele-
communications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION.—If the Commission deter-
mines in its report under section 13 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934, after considering the availability of ad-
vanced telecommunications capability to all Americans (in-
cluding, in particular, elementary and secondary schools 
and classrooms), that advanced telecommunications capa-
bility is not being deployed to all Americans in a reason-
able and timely fashion, the Commission shall take imme-
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diate action to accelerate deployment of such capability 
by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and by 
promoting competition in the telecommunications mar-
ket.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (c); 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘this sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; and 
(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c). 
(h) 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. 
(i) 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 AMENDMENTS.—The Commu-
nications Act of 1934 is amended— 
(A) in section 9(i), by striking ‘‘In the 
Commission’s annual report, the Commission 
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shall prepare an analysis of its progress in de-
veloping such systems and’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Commission’’; and 
(B) in section 309(j)(8)(B), by striking the 
last sentence. 
(j) 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; 
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