(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
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
violation of the broadband policy statement or prin-
ciples incorporated therein. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), the Commission’s authority to enforce the 
broadband policy statement and the principles incor-
porated therein does not include authorization for 
the Commission to adopt or implement rules or reg-
ulations regarding enforcement of the broadband 
policy statement and the principles incorporated 
therein, with the sole exception of the authority to 
adopt procedures for the adjudication of complaints, 
as provided in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(c) STUDY.—Within 180 days after the date of en-
actment of this section, the Commission shall conduct, and 
submit to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce 
and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, a study regarding whether the objectives 
of the broadband policy statement and the principles in-
corporated therein are being achieved. 
‘‘(d)(1) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to modify, impair, or supersede 
the applicability of the antitrust laws or the jurisdiction 
of the district courts of the United States to hear claims 
arising under the antitrust laws.