IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5252 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 12, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To promote the deployment of broadband networks and 
services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhance-
ment Act of 2006’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL CABLE FRANCHISING 
Sec. 101. National cable franchising. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Monitoring and reporting. 
Sec. 104. Rule of construction. 
TITLE II—ENFORCEMENT OF BROADBAND POLICY STATEMENT 
Sec. 201. Enforcement of broadband policy statement. 
TITLE III—VOIP/911 
Sec. 301. Emergency services; interconnection. 
Sec. 302. Compensation and contribution. 
TITLE IV—MUNICIPAL PROVISION OF SERVICES 
Sec. 401. Government authority to provide services. 
TITLE V—BROADBAND SERVICE 
Sec. 501. Stand-alone broadband service. 
Sec. 502. Study of interference potential of broadband over power line systems. 
TITLE VI—SEAMLESS MOBILITY 
Sec. 601. Development of seamless mobility. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL CABLE 
FRANCHISING 
SEC. 101. NATIONAL CABLE FRANCHISING. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Part III of title VI of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 541 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 630. NATIONAL CABLE FRANCHISING. 
‘‘(a) NATIONAL FRANCHISES.— 
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‘‘(1) ELECTION.—A person or group that is eli-
gible under subsection (d) may elect to obtain a na-
tional franchise under this section as authority to 
provide cable service in a franchise area in lieu of 
any other authority under Federal, State, or local 
law to provide cable service in such franchise area. 
A person or group may not provide cable service 
under the authority of this section in a franchise 
area unless such person or group has a franchise 
under this section that is effective with respect to 
such franchise area. A franchising authority may not 
require any person or group that has a national 
franchise under this section in effect with respect to 
a franchise area to obtain a franchise under section 
621 or any other law to provide cable service in such 
franchise area. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—To obtain a national 
franchise under this section as authority to provide 
cable service in a franchise area, a person or group 
shall— 
‘‘(A) file with the Commission a certifi-
cation for a national franchise containing the 
information required by paragraph (3) with re-
spect to such franchise area, if such person or 
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