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Problem: SECTION 1. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS ENTITIES PROVIDING USE OF FACILITIES
TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Business entity.--The term ''business entity'' means a
firm, corporation, association, partnership, consortium, joint
venture, or other form of enterprise.
(2) Facility.--The term ''facility'' means any real
property, including any building, improvement, or appurtenance.
(3) Gross negligence.--The term ''gross negligence'' means
voluntary and conscious conduct by a person with knowledge (at
the time of the conduct) that the conduct is likely to be
harmful to the health or well-being of another person.
(4) Intentional misconduct.--The term ''intentional
misconduct'' means conduct by a person with knowledge (at the
time of the conduct) that the conduct is harmful to the health
or well-being of another person.
(5) Nonprofit organization.--The term ''nonprofit
organization'' means--
(A) any organization described in section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from
tax under section 501(a) of such Code; or
(B) any not-for-profit organization organized and
conducted for public benefit and operated primarily for
charitable, civic, educational, religious, welfare, or
health purposes.
(6) State.--The term ''State'' means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern
Mariana Islands, any other territory or possession of the
United States, or any political subdivision of any such State,
territory, or possession.
(b) Limitation on Liability.--
(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (c), a business
entity shall not be subject to civil liability relating to any
injury or death occurring at a facility of the business entity
in connection with a use of such facility by a nonprofit
organization if--
(A) the use occurs outside of the scope of business
of the business entity;
(B) such injury or death occurs during a period
that such facility is used by the nonprofit
organization; and
(C) the business entity authorized the use of such
facility by the nonprofit organization.
(2) Application.--This subsection shall apply--
(A) with respect to civil liability under Federal
and State law; and
(B) regardless of whether a nonprofit organization
pays for the use of a facility.
(c) Exception for Liability.--Subsection (b) shall not apply to an
injury or death that results from an act or omission of a business
entity that constitutes gross negligence or intentional misconduct,
including any misconduct that--
(1) constitutes a crime of violence (as that term is
defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code) or act
of international terrorism (as that term is defined in section
2331 of title 18) for which the defendant has been convicted in
any court;
(2) constitutes a hate crime (as that term is used in the
Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534 note));
(3) involves a sexual offense, as defined by applicable
State law, for which the defendant has been convicted in any
court; or
(4) involves misconduct for which the defendant has been
found to have violated a Federal or State civil rights law.
(d) Superseding Provision.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection
(e), this Act preempts the laws of any State to the extent that
such laws are inconsistent with this Act, except that this Act
shall not preempt any State law that provides additional
protection from liability for a business entity for an injury
or death with respect to which conditions under subparagraphs
(A) through (C) of subsection (b)(1) apply.
(2) Limitation.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
supersede any Federal or State health or safety law.
(e) Election of State Regarding Nonapplicability.--This Act shall
not apply to any civil action in a State court against a business
entity in which all parties are citizens of the State if such State
enacts a statute--
(1) citing the authority of this subsection;
(2) declaring the election of such State that this Act
shall not apply to such civil action in the State; and
(3) containing no other provision.
Solution: Shields a business entity from civil liability relating to any injury or death occurring at a facility of that entity in connection with a use of such facility by a nonprofit organization if: (1) the use occurs outside the scope of business of the business entity; (2) such injury or death occurs during a period that such facility is used by such organization; and (3) the business entity authorized the use of such facility by the organization.
Makes this Act inapplicable to an injury or death that results from an act or omission of a business entity that constitutes gross negligence or intentional misconduct, including misconduct that: (1) constitutes a hate crime or a crime of violence or act of international terrorism for which the defendant has been convicted in any court; or (2) involves a sexual offense for which the defendant has been convicted in any court or misconduct for which the defendant has been found to have violated a Federal or State civil rights law.
Preempts State laws to the extent that such laws are inconsistent with this Act, except State law that provides additional protection from liability. Specifies that this Act shall not be construed to supersede any Federal or State health or safety law.
Makes this Act inapplicable to any civil action in a State court against a business entity in which all parties are citizens of the State if such State, citing this Act's authority and containing no other provision, enacts a statute declaring the State's election that this Act shall not apply to such action in the State.
Explanation: This Bill focuses on shielding business entities from civil liability relating to an injury or death depending on the conditions of injury, hence the generated summary is correct.

Problem: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Facilitating Access to Speedy
Transmissions for Networks, E-commerce, and Telecommunications Act'' or
the ''FASTNET Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted to
foster the rapid deployment of advanced telecommunications and
information technologies and services to all Americans by
promoting competition and reducing regulation in
telecommunications markets nationwide.
(2) The Telecommunications Act of 1996 specifically
recognized the unique abilities and circumstances of local
exchange carriers with fewer than two percent of the Nation's
subscriber lines installed in the aggregate nationwide.
(3) Given the markets two percent carriers typically serve,
such carriers are uniquely positioned to accelerate the
deployment of advanced services and competitive initiatives for
the benefit of consumers in less densely populated regions of
the Nation.
(4) Existing regulations are typically tailored to the
circumstances of larger carriers and therefore often impose
disproportionate burdens on two percent carriers, impeding such
carriers' deployment of advanced telecommunications services
and competitive initiatives to consumers in less densely
populated regions of the Nation.
(5) Reducing regulatory burdens on two percent carriers
will enable such carriers to devote additional resources to the
deployment of advanced services and to competitive initiatives
to benefit consumers in less densely populated regions of the
Nation.
(6) Reducing regulatory burdens on two percent carriers
will increase such carriers' ability to respond to marketplace
conditions, allowing them to accelerate deployment of advanced
services and competitive initiatives to benefit consumers in
less densely populated regions of the Nation.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to accelerate the deployment of advanced services and
the development of competition in the telecommunications
industry for the benefit of consumers in all regions of the
Nation, consistent with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, by
reducing regulatory burdens on local exchange carriers with
fewer than two percent of the Nation's subscriber lines
installed in the aggregate nationwide;
(2) to improve such carriers' flexibility to undertake such
initiatives; and
(3) to allow such carriers to redirect resources from
paying the costs of such regulatory burdens to increasing
investment in such initiatives.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

Section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153) is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
''(53) Two percent carrier.--The term 'two percent carrier'
means a local exchange carrier with fewer than two percent of
the Nation's subscriber lines installed in the aggregate
nationwide, within the meaning of section 251(f)(2) and that
meets the requirements of section 251(h).''.

SEC. 4. REGULATORY RELIEF FOR TWO PERCENT CARRIERS.

Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by adding at
the end thereof a new Part IV as follows:

''PART IV--PROVISIONS CONCERNING TWO PERCENT CARRIERS

''SEC. 281. REDUCED REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR TWO PERCENT CARRIERS.

''(a) Commission To Take Into Account Differences.--In adopting
rules that apply to incumbent local exchange carriers, the Commission
shall adopt separate and less burdensome regulatory, compliance, or
reporting requirements, or exemptions from such requirements, or both,
for two percent carriers that take into account the more limited
resources available to such carriers and the greater burden such rules
impose on such carriers and their customers.
''(b) Effect of Reconsideration or Waiver.--If the Commission
adopts a rule that applies to incumbent local exchange carriers and
does not adopt such separate and less burdensome regulatory,
compliance, or reporting requirements, or exemptions from such
requirements, for two percent carriers and if a two percent carrier or
carriers seek a waiver or reconsideration of the rule as adopted in
accordance with the Commission's rules, the Commission shall not
enforce the rule against such carrier or carriers unless and until the
Commission adopts separate and less burdensome requirements or
exemptions in accordance with subsection (a).
''(c) Additional Regulation Not Required.--Nothing in this section
shall be construed to require the Commission to adopt regulatory,
compliance, or reporting requirements of any kind for two percent
carriers where none currently exist. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to require any additional regulation to be imposed on
commercial mobile radio service.
''(d) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section shall be construed
to prohibit any size-based differentiation among carriers mandated by
this Act, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Commission's rules, or
any other provision of law.
''(e) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section shall apply
with respect to any rule adopted on or after the date of enactment of
this section.

''SEC. 282. LIMITATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

''The Commission shall not require a two percent carrier--
''(1) to file cost allocation manuals or to have audited or
attested such manuals; or
''(2) to file Automated Reporting and Management
Information Systems (ARMIS).

''SEC. 283. INTEGRATED OPERATION OF TWO PERCENT CARRIERS.

''The Commission shall not adopt or enforce any regulation the
purpose or effect of which is to impair the ability of a two percent
carrier to integrate its operations in one or more entities, at its
discretion. Such operations may include the provision of common carrier
and noncommon carrier services, including local and interexchange
services, commercial mobile radio services, advanced services within
the meaning of section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
paging, Internet, information or other enhanced services, or other
services. The Commission shall not require companies to which this
paragraph applies to maintain separate officers, directors, or other
personnel, network facilities, buildings, research and development
departments, books of account, financing, marketing, provisioning, or
other operations.

''SEC. 284. PARTICIPATION IN TARIFF POOLS AND PRICE CAP REGULATION.

''(a) NECA Pool.--The participation or withdrawal from
participation by a two percent carrier of one or more study areas in
the common line tariff administered and filed by the National Exchange
Carrier Association or any successor tariff or administrator shall not
obligate such carrier to participate or withdraw from participation in
such tariff for any other study area.
''(b) Price Cap Regulation.--A two percent carrier may elect to be
regulated by the Commission under price cap rate regulation, or elect
to withdraw from such regulation, for one or more of its study areas at
any time. The Commission shall not require a carrier making an election
under this paragraph with respect to any study area or areas to make
the same election for any other study area.

''SEC. 285. REVIEW OF MERGERS.

''Except as required by section 310(f), the Commission shall have
no authority to approve, disapprove, delay, condition, or modify the
terms of any merger between two percent carriers or their affiliates,
or any acquisition, directly or indirectly, by a two percent carrier or
its affiliate of the securities or assets of another two percent
carrier or its affiliate, if after the merger, the resulting entry
would still be a two percent carrier.

''SEC. 286. DEPLOYMENT OF NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES BY TWO
PERCENT COMPANIES.

''Two percent carriers shall be permitted to introduce new
interstate telecommunications services by filing a tariff on one day's
notice showing the charges, classifications, regulations and practices
therefor, without obtaining a waiver, or make any other showing before
the Commission in advance of the tariff filing. The Commission shall
not have authority to approve or disapprove the rate structure for such
services shown in such tariff.

''SEC. 287. ENTRY OF COMPETING CARRIER.

''(a) Pricing Flexibility.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, any two percent carrier shall be permitted to deaverage its
interstate switched or special access rates, file tariffs on one day's
notice and file contract-based tariffs for interstate switched or
special access services immediately upon certifying to the Commission
that a telecommunications carrier unaffiliated with such carrier has
engaged in facilities-based entry or resale-based entry within such
carrier's service area.
''(b) Pricing Deregulation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, the Commission shall have no authority to regulate the rates
for interstate services provided by a two percent carrier immediately
upon certifying to the Commission by such carrier that a local exchange
carrier that is not a two percent carrier has engaged in facilities-
based entry within such two percent carrier's service area.
''(c) Participation in Exchange Carrier Association Tariff.--A two
percent carrier that meets the requirements of subsection (a) or (b) of
this section with respect to one or more study areas shall be permitted
to participate in the common line tariff administered and filed by the
National Exchange Carrier Association or any successor tariff or
administrator, by electing to include one or more of its study areas in
such tariff.
''(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
''(1) Facilities-based entry.--The term 'facilities-based
entry' means, within the service area of a two percent
carrier--
''(A) the provision or procurement of local
telephone exchange switching capability; and
''(B) the provision of local exchange service to at
least one unaffiliated customer.
''(2) Resale-based entry.--The term 'resale-based entry'
means, within the service area of a two percent carrier, the
provision of telecommunications service using resale offered
under section 251(c).
''(3) Contract-based tariff.--The term 'contract-based
tariff' shall mean a tariff based on a service contract entered
into between a two percent carrier and one or more customers of
such carrier. Such tariff shall include--
''(A) the term of the contract, including any
renewal options;
''(B) a brief description of each of the services
provided under the contract;
''(C) minimum volume commitments for each service,
if any;
''(D) the contract price for each service or
services at the volume levels committed to by the
customer or customers;
''(E) a brief description of any volume discounts
built into the contract rate structure; and
''(F) a general description of any other
classifications, practices, and regulations affecting
the contract rate.
''(4) Service area.--The term 'service area' has the same
meaning as in section 214(e)(5).

''SEC. 288. SAVINGS PROVISION.

''Nothing in this part shall be construed to diminish the rights of
rural telephone companies otherwise accorded by this Act, or the rules,
policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards of the Commission as of
the date of enactment of this section.''.

SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON MERGER REVIEW.

(a) Amendment.--Section 310 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 310) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(f) Deadline for Making Public Interest Determination.--
''(1) Time limit.--In connection with any merger between
two percent carriers, or the acquisition, directly or
indirectly, by a two percent carrier or its affiliate of the
securities or assets of another two percent carrier or its
affiliate, the Commission shall make the determination required
by subsection (d) of this section not later than 45 days after
the date the application is submitted to the Commission.
''(2) Approval absent action.--If the Commission does not
approve or deny an application as described in paragraph (1) by
the end of the period specified, the application shall be
deemed approved on the day after the end of such period. Any
such application deemed approved under this subsection shall be
deemed approved without conditions.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section shall apply
with respect to any application that is submitted to the Commission on
or after the date of enactment of this Act. Applications pending with
the Commission on the date of enactment of this Act shall be subject to
the requirements of this section as if they had been filed with the
Commission on the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 6. TIME LIMITS FOR ACTION ON PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION OR
WAIVER.

(a) Amendment.--Section 405 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 405) is amended by adding to the end the following:
''(c) Expedited Action Required.--
''(1) Time limit.--Within 90 days after receiving from a
two percent carrier a petition for reconsideration filed under
this section or a petition for waiver of a rule, policy, or
other Commission requirement, the Commission shall issue an
order granting or denying such petition. If the Commission
fails to act on a petition for waiver subject to the
requirements of this section within this 90-day period, the
relief sought in such petition shall be deemed granted. If the
Commission fails to act on a petition for reconsideration
subject to the requirements of this section within this 90 day
period, the Commission's enforcement of any rule the
reconsideration of which was specifically sought by the
petitioning party shall be stayed with respect to that party
until the Commission issues an order granting or denying such
petition.
''(2) Finality of action.--Any order issued under paragraph
(1), or any grant of a petition for waiver that is deemed to
occur as a result of the Commission's failure to act under
paragraph (1), shall be a final order and may be appealed.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section shall apply
with respect to any petition for reconsideration or petition for waiver
that is submitted to the Commission on or after the date of enactment
of this Act. Pending petitions for reconsideration or petitions for
waiver shall be subject to the requirements of this section as if they
had been filed on the date of enactment of this Act.
Solution:
Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in adopting rules that apply to incumbent local exchange carriers, to adopt separate and less burdensome rules and requirements for two percent carriers which take into account the more limited resources available to such carriers and the greater burden such rules impose on such carriers and their customers. Authorizes a two percent carrier to seek a waiver or reconsideration of an adopted rule which does not impose less burdensome rules and requirements upon such carriers.
Prohibits the FCC from requiring a two percent carrier to file cost allocation manuals or Automated Reporting and Management Information Systems.
Prohibits the FCC from adopting or enforcing any regulation which impairs the ability of a two percent carrier to integrate its operations in one or more entities, at its discretion.
States that the participation or withdrawal from participation by a two percent carrier of one or more study areas in the common line tariff administered and filed by the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) or any successor tariff or administrator shall not obligate such carrier to participate or withdraw from participation in such tariff for any other study area. Authorizes a two percent carrier to elect to be regulated by the FCC under price cap regulation, or to withdraw from such regulation, for one or more of its study areas at any time.
Prohibits the FCC from reviewing any mergers or acquisitions between two percent carriers or their affiliates.
Permits two percent carriers to introduce new telecommunications services by filing a tariff on one day's notice, without making any other showing before the FCC in advance of such filing.
Allows any two percent carrier to de-average its interstate switched or special rates and file contract-based tariffs for interstate switched or special access services immediately upon certifying to the FCC that an unaffiliated carrier has engaged in facilities- or resale-based entry within such carrier's service area. Prohibits the FCC from regulating the rates charged by a two percent carrier after such certification. Allows such a carrier to participate in the common line tariff administered and filed by the NECA or any successor tariff or administrator by electing to include one or more of its study areas in such tariff.
Requires the FCC to determine: (1) within 45 days after application that the public interest, convenience, and necessity will be served by a merger or acquisition between two percent carriers; and (2) within 90 days a petition by a two percent carrier for reconsideration or waiver of a rule, policy, or other FCC requirement (as authorized under this Act).