S.Amdt. 476

SA 476. Ms. SNOWE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to
the bill H.R. 1, making supplemental appropriations for job
preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency
and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal
stabilization, for fiscal ending September 30, 2009, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 492, line 9, strike ``10 percent (20'' and insert
``20 percent (30''.
On page 492, strike lines 16 and 17, and insert the
following:
``(2) Intermediate generation broadband credit.--The
intermediate generation broadband credit for any taxable year
is equal to 25 percent of the qualified broadband
expenditures incurred with respect to qualified equipment
providing intermediate generation broadband services to
qualified subscribers and taken into account with respect to
such taxable year.
``(3) Next generation broadband credit.--The next
generation broadband credit for any
On page 492, line 18, strike ``20 percent'' and insert ``30
percent''.
On page 493, strike lines 5 through 8, and insert the
following:
``(A) current generation broadband services are provided
through such equipment to qualified subscribers,
``(B) intermediate generation broadband services are
provided through such equipment to qualified subscribers, or
``(C) next generation broadband services
On page 494, line 19, strike ``rural areas and the''.
On page 497, line 4, insert ``, intermediate generation
broadband services,''.
On page 497, line 19, insert ``, intermediate generation
broadband services,''.
On page 498, line 6, insert ``, intermediate generation
broadband services,''.
On page 499, line 1, insert ``, intermediate generation
broadband services,''.
On page 499, strike lines 3 through 6, and insert the
following:
``(i) in the normal course of operations to each subscriber
who is utilizing such services, and
On page 501, line 3, insert ``, intermediate generation
broadband services,''.
Beginning on page 502, line 21, strike all through page
503, line 15, and insert the following:
``(15) Qualified subscriber.--The term `qualified
subscriber' means any residential or nonresidential
subscriber in an unserved area or an underserved area.
Beginning on page 503, line 20, strike all through page
504, line 11, and insert the following:
``(17) Intermediate generation broadband service.--The term
`intermediate generation broadband service' means the
transmission of signals at a rate of at least 50,000,000 bits
per second to the subscriber (or its equivalent when the data
rate is measured before being compressed for transmission)
and at least 5,000,000 bits per second from the subscriber
(or its equivalent as so measured).

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(18) Satellite carrier.--The term `satellite carrier' means
any person using the facilities
Beginning on page 504, line 22, strike all through page
505, line 20, and insert the following:
(19) Subscriber.--The term `subscriber' means any person
who purchases current generation broadband services,
intermediate generation broadband services, or next
generation broadband services.
(20) Telecommunications carrier.--The
On page 506, line 6, strike ``(23)'' and insert ``(21)''.
Beginning on page 506, line 14, strike all through page
507, line 1, and insert the following:
(22) Underserved area.--The term `underserved area' means
an area not served by at least one wireline broadband service
provider offering current generation broadband service.
(23) Underserved subscriber.--The term
On page 507, strike lines 7 through 12, and insert the
following:
(24) Unserved area.--The term `unserved area' means an area
not served by any wireline broadband service provider.
(25) Unserved subscriber.--The term
On page 509, lines 7 and 8, strike ``Tracts.--'' and all
that follows through ``The Secretary'' and insert ``Tracts.--
The Secretary''.
On page 509, line 12, strike ``(17), (23), (24), and (26)''
and insert ``(21), (22), and (24)''.
Beginning on page 507, line 18, strike all through page
510, line 25.
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