[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2283 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2283

 To ensure that small business providers of broadband Internet access 
   service can devote resources to broadband deployment rather than 
          compliance with cumbersome regulatory requirements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 16, 2015

 Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure that small business providers of broadband Internet access 
   service can devote resources to broadband deployment rather than 
          compliance with cumbersome regulatory requirements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Broadband Deployment 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO ENHANCEMENT TO TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL 
              BUSINESSES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act--
            (1) the term ``broadband Internet access service''--
                    (A) means a mass-market retail service by wire or 
                radio that provides the capability to transmit data to 
                and receive data from all or substantially all Internet 
                endpoints, including any capability that is incidental 
                to and enables the operation of the communications 
                service; and
                    (B) does not include dial-up Internet access 
                service; and
            (2) the term ``small business'' means any provider of 
        broadband Internet access service that has not more than--
                    (A) 1,500 employees; or
                    (B) 500,000 subscribers.
    (b) Exception for Small Businesses.--The enhancements to the 
transparency rule of the Federal Communications Commission under 
section 8.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as described in 
paragraphs 162 through 184 of the Report and Order on Remand, 
Declaratory Ruling, and Order of the Federal Communications Commission 
with regard to protecting and promoting the open Internet (adopted 
February 26, 2015) (FCC 15-24), shall not apply to any small business.
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