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Union Calendar No. 339 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4596 
[Report No. 114–444] 
To ensure that small business providers of broadband Internet access service 
can devote resources to broadband deployment rather than compliance 
with cumbersome regulatory requirements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2016 
Mr. WALDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
MARCH 7, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 24, 2016] 
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A BILL 
To ensure that small business providers of broadband Inter-
net access service can devote resources to broadband 
deployment rather than compliance with cumbersome 
regulatory requirements. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business 
Broadband Deployment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO ENHANCEMENT TO TRANSPARENCY 
REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The enhancements to the trans-
parency rule of the Federal Communications Commission 
under section 8.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, 
as described in paragraphs 162 through 184 of the Report 
and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order of 
the Federal Communications Commission with regard to 
protecting and promoting the open Internet (adopted Feb-
ruary 26, 2015) (FCC 15–24), shall not apply to any small 
business. 
(b) SUNSET.—Subsection (a) shall not have any force 
or effect after the date that is 5 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) REPORT BY FCC.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Commu-
nications Commission shall submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate a report that contains the recommendations 
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of the Commission (and data supporting such recommenda-
tions) regarding— 
(1) whether the exception provided by subsection 
(a) should be made permanent; and 
(2) whether the definition of the term ‘‘small 
business’’ for purposes of such exception should be 
modified from the definition in subsection (d)(2). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.— 
The term ‘‘broadband Internet access service’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 8.2 of title 47, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ means any provider of broadband Internet ac-
cess service that has not more than 250,000 sub-
scribers. 
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Union Calendar No. 339 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4596 
[Report No. 114–444] 
A BILL 
To ensure that small business providers of 
broadband Internet access service can devote re-
sources to broadband deployment rather than 
compliance with cumbersome regulatory require-
ments. 
MARCH 7, 2016 
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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