[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2150. 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 2052, strike line 15 and all that 
     follows through page 2053, line 16, and insert the following:
       (f) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity may use grant funds 
     received under this section to competitively award subgrants 
     for--
       (1) unserved service projects and underserved service 
     projects;
       (2) connecting eligible community anchor institutions; and
       (3) installing internet and Wi-Fi infrastructure or 
     providing reduced-cost broadband within a multi-family 
     residential building, with priority given to a residential 
     building that--
       (A) has a substantial share of unserved households; or
       (B) is in a location in which the percentage of individuals 
     with a household income that is at or below 150 percent of 
     the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved 
     (as determined under section 673(2) of the Community Services 
     Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) is higher than the 
     national percentage of such individuals.
       Beginning on page 2053, strike line 18 and all that follows 
     through page 2054, line 23, and insert the following:
       (1) Subgrantee obligations.--A subgrantee, in carrying out 
     activities using amounts received from an eligible entity 
     under this section--
       (A) shall adhere to quality-of-service standards, as 
     established by the Assistant Secretary;
       (B) shall incorporate best practices, as defined by the 
     Assistant Secretary, for ensuring reliability and resilience 
     of broadband infrastructure; and
       (C) may not use the amounts to purchase or support--
       (i) any covered communications equipment or service, as 
     defined in section 9 of the Secure and Trusted Communications 
     Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608); or
       (ii) fiber optic cable and optical transmission equipment 
     manufactured in the People's Republic of China.
       Beginning on page 2060, strike line 17 and all that follows 
     through page 2061, line 2, and insert the following:
       (D) NTIA authority.--The Assistant Secretary may modify the 
     challenge process required under subparagraph (A) as 
     necessary.
       On page 2071, strike lines 1 through 7 and insert the 
     following:
       (6) Return of funds.--An entity that receives a subgrant 
     from an eligible entity under subsection (f) and fails to 
     comply with any requirement under this subsection during the 
     pendency of the grant shall, after being provided a 
     reasonable opportunity to cure the violation, return an 
     amount of the subgrant that is proportional to the gravity of 
     the violation, up to the entire amount of the subgrant, to 
     the eligible entity, at the discretion of the eligible entity 
     or the Assistant Secretary.
       On page 2080, strike lines 3 through 21 and insert the 
     following:
       (n) Judicial Review.--The United States District Court for 
     the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction to 
     review a decision of the Assistant Secretary made under this 
     section.
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