[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3459]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2031. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1703 submitted by Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mrs. Capito, 
Ms. Cortez Masto, and Mr. Sullivan) and intended to be proposed to the 
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        On page 5, after line 10, add the following:
       (e) GAO Reviews.--
       (1) Report to committees.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a 
     report that analyzes, for the 20-year period preceding the 
     date of enactment of this Act--
       (A) the total amount spent by the Federal Government 
     regarding the deployment of broadband, without regard to 
     whether the source of that funding was appropriated amounts, 
     user-generated fees, or any other source; and
       (B) the total amount spent by State and local governments 
     regarding the deployment of broadband, without regard to 
     whether the source of that funding was appropriated amounts, 
     user-generated fees, or any other source.
       (2) Annual analysis.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a 
     review of, for the year covered by the review--
       (i) the total amount spent by the Federal Government, and 
     State and local governments, regarding the deployment of 
     broadband, without regard to whether the source of that 
     funding was appropriated amounts, user-generated fees, or any 
     other source;
       (ii) the return on investment with respect to the 
     investment described in clause (i); and
       (iii) which Federal programs and agencies have engaged in 
     activities regarding the deployment of broadband.
       (B) Public availability.--The Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall make the results of each review conducted 
     under subparagraph (A) publicly available in an easily 
     accessible electronic format.
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