S.Amdt. 965

SA 965. Mr. CRAMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 1319, to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the
following:
In section 7402(c)(2)(A), in the matter preceding clause
(i), strike ``$7,171,000,000'' and insert ``$5,171,000,000''.
At the end of subtitle D of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 7405. KEEPING CRITICAL CONNECTIONS EMERGENCY FUND.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``Commission'' means the Federal
Communications Commission;
(2) the term ``covered program'' means a program
established by a small business broadband provider under
which the small business broadband provider, at any time
during the COVID-19 emergency period, voluntarily--
(A) provides a customer with free or discounted broadband
service, or free upgrades of existing service to meet certain
capacity and speed needs, due specifically to the presence of
a student in the household of the customer who needs distance
learning capability; or
(B) refrains from disconnecting broadband service provided
to an existing customer due to nonpayment or underpayment if
the customer--
(i) has a household income, at the time of the nonpayment
or underpayment, that does not exceed 135 percent of the
Federal poverty guidelines (as determined by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services);
(ii) is unable to make a full payment due specifically to
the economic impact of the national emergency described in
paragraph (3); and
(iii) provides sufficient documentation to the provider to
show that the customer meets the criteria under clauses (i)
and (ii);
(3) the term ``COVID-19 emergency period'' means the period
during which the national emergency declaration by the
President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601
et seq.) with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-
19) is in effect; and
(4) the term ``small business broadband provider'' means a
broadband provider that provides broadband service to fewer
than 250,000 customers.
(b) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the Commission for fiscal
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $2,000,000,000, to remain available until
expended, to reimburse small business broadband providers for
the costs of carrying out a covered program.
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