S.Amdt. 2148

SA 2148. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself,
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R.
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Beginning on page 2191, strike line 6 and all that follows
through page 2192, line 12, and insert the following:
(b) Notice of Inquiry.--Not later than 2 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall initiate
a notice of inquiry examining obstacles to equal access to
broadband internet access service, taking into account the
issues of technical and economic feasibility presented by
that objective, including--
(1) preventing digital discrimination of access based on
income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion, or national
origin; and
(2) identifying necessary steps for the Commissions to take
to eliminate discrimination described in paragraph (1).
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