S.Amdt. 2561

SA 2561. Mr. LEE 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:

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follows through ``(6)'' on page 2071, line 1, and insert the
following:
(B) shall deploy the broadband network and begin providing
broadband service to each customer that desires broadband
service not later than 4 years after the date on which the
entity receives the subgrant, except that an eligible entity
may extend the deadline under this subparagraph if--
(i) the eligible entity has a plan for use of the grant
funds;
(ii) the construction project is underway; or
(iii) extenuating circumstances require an extension of
time to allow the project to be completed;
(C) for any project that involves laying fiber optic cables
or conduit underground or along a roadway, shall include
interspersed conduit access points at regular and short
intervals;
(D) may use the subgrant to deploy broadband infrastructure
in or through any area required to reach interconnection
points or otherwise to ensure the technical feasibility and
financial sustainability of a project providing broadband
service to an unserved location, underserved location, or
eligible community anchor institution;
(E) once the network has been deployed, shall provide
public notice, online and through other means, of that fact
to the locations and areas to which broadband service has
been provided and share the public notice with the eligible
entity that awarded the subgrant;
(F) shall carry out public awareness campaigns in service
areas that are designed to highlight the value and benefits
of broadband service in order to increase the adoption of
broadband service by consumers; and
(G) if the entity is no longer able to provide broadband
service to the locations covered by the subgrant at any time,
shall sell the network capacity at a reasonable, wholesale
rate on a nondiscriminatory basis to other broadband service
providers or public sector entities.
(5)
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