[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2460. Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Booker, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Heinrich) 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:

        Strike section 60506 and insert the following:

     SEC. 60506. DIGITAL REDLINING.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States that, insofar as technically feasible--
       (1) subscribers should benefit from equal access to 
     broadband internet access service within the service area of 
     a provider of such service;
       (2) the term ``equal access'', for purposes of this 
     section, means the equal opportunity to subscribe to an 
     offered service that provides comparable speeds, capacities, 
     latency, and other quality of service metrics in a given 
     area, for comparable terms and conditions; and
       (3) the Commission should take steps to ensure that all 
     people of the United States benefit from equal access to 
     broadband internet access service.
       (b) Adoption of Rules.--Not later than 2 years after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall adopt 
     final rules to promote equal access to broadband internet 
     access service, including-- taking into account the issue of 
     technical feasibility presented by that objective, 
     including--
       (1) identifying what constitutes digital redlining;
       (2) identifying necessary steps for the Commissions to take 
     to eliminate digital redlining; and
       (3) preventing discrimination of access based on income 
     level, race, ethnicity, color, religion, or national origin.
       (c) Federal Policies.--The Commission and the Attorney 
     General shall ensure that Federal policies promote equal 
     access to robust broadband internet access service by 
     prohibiting deployment discrimination based on--
       (1) the income level of an area;
       (2) the predominant race or ethnicity composition of an 
     area; or
       (3) other factors the Commission determines to be relevant 
     based on the findings in the record developed from the 
     rulemaking under subsection (b).
       (d) Model State and Local Policies.--The Commission shall 
     develop model policies and best practices that can be adopted 
     by States and localities to ensure that broadband internet 
     access service providers do not engage in digital redlining.
       (e) Complaints.--
       (1) In general.--The Commission shall revise its public 
     complaint process to accept complaints from consumers or 
     other members of the public that relate to digital redlining.
       (2) Reports.--The Commission shall publish an annual report 
     regarding complaints that the Commission has received under 
     paragraph (1) that identifies--
       (A) each provider of broadband internet access service that 
     have been the subject of a complaint;
       (B) the status of each complaint; and
       (C) any action taken by the Commission in response to a 
     complaint.
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