(1) by striking ‘‘(j) LIFELINE ASSISTANCE.— 
Nothing in this’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(j) LIFELINE ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) BROADBAND LIFELINE ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(A) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this para-
graph is to promote the adoption of broadband 
service by all people of the United States while 
recognizing that the price of broadband service 
is one of the barriers to adoption for low in-
come households. 
‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 
270 days after the date of enactment of 
the Broadband Adoption Act of 2013, the 
Commission shall adopt a final rule estab-
lishing 
Lifeline 
program 
support 
for 
broadband that enables qualifying low-in-
come customers residing in urban and 
rural areas to purchase broadband service 
at reduced charges by reimbursing pro-
viders who elect to participate in the pro-
gram for each such customer served. The 
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Commission shall consider the results of 
the Low-Income Broadband Pilot Program 
when establishing such final rule. 
‘‘(ii) MODEL.—Such program shall be 
similar in structure to the Lifeline pro-
gram for basic telephone service under 
subpart E of part 54 of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations. Qualifying individuals 
may elect to apply support from the Life-
line program to basic telephone service, 
voice telephony service, or broadband serv-
ice, whether each service is purchased 
stand-alone or in a bundle. 
‘‘(iii) DIGITAL LITERACY PROGRAM.— 
The Commission shall consider providing a 
preference to participating broadband serv-
ice providers that include components in-
volving digital literacy programs as part of 
their offerings. 
‘‘(C) 
STATE
MATCHING
FUNDS.—The 
Commission may determine, in consultation 
with the Federal-State Joint Board instituted 
under subsection (a)(1), whether State match-
ing funds may be provided as a condition of eli-
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gibility for low-income households within such 
State. 
‘‘(D) AMOUNT OF SUPPORT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Commission, 
in calculating the amount of Lifeline sup-
port to be provided to each low-income 
household, shall routinely study the pre-
vailing market price for broadband service 
and the prevailing speed of broadband 
service adopted by households. 
‘‘(ii) INFORMATION.—To fulfill the re-
quirement under clause (i), the Commis-
sion shall rely on information that it rou-
tinely collects or that is publicly available. 
‘‘(E) TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Commission 
shall ensure that the program established 
under subparagraph (B)(i) is neutral as to 
the types of technology used to provide 
voice telephony or broadband service under 
the Lifeline program to promote competi-
tion from service providers to qualify under 
such program. 
‘‘(ii) 
AUTHORIZATION.—A 
partici-
pating broadband service provider need not 
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be an eligible telecommunications carrier to 
receive support under such program, but 
such provider shall obtain authorization 
from the Commission in order to partici-
pate in the program. 
‘‘(F) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
‘‘(i) 
NONDUPLICATION.—In 
estab-
lishing the program under subparagraph 
(B)(i), the Commission shall adopt regula-
tions to prevent duplicative Lifeline sub-
sidies from being awarded to an individual 
eligible household. Only one Lifeline pro-
gram support amount per eligible house-
hold shall be available to qualifying individ-
uals. 
‘‘(ii) PREVENTING WASTE, FRAUD, OR 
ABUSE.—In adopting rules to implement 
this paragraph, the Commission shall con-
sider any appropriate measures to prevent 
any waste, fraud, or abuse of this program. 
‘‘(iii) ELIGIBILITY.—The Commission, 
in consultation with other relevant Federal 
agencies, shall establish a national data-
base which can be used to determine con-
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sumer eligibility for Lifeline program sub-
sidies.’’. 
Æ 
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