[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5881]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2561. Mr. LEE 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:

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     follows through ``(6)'' on page 2071, line 1, and insert the 
     following:
       (B) shall deploy the broadband network and begin providing 
     broadband service to each customer that desires broadband 
     service not later than 4 years after the date on which the 
     entity receives the subgrant, except that an eligible entity 
     may extend the deadline under this subparagraph if--
       (i) the eligible entity has a plan for use of the grant 
     funds;
       (ii) the construction project is underway; or
       (iii) extenuating circumstances require an extension of 
     time to allow the project to be completed;
       (C) for any project that involves laying fiber optic cables 
     or conduit underground or along a roadway, shall include 
     interspersed conduit access points at regular and short 
     intervals;
       (D) may use the subgrant to deploy broadband infrastructure 
     in or through any area required to reach interconnection 
     points or otherwise to ensure the technical feasibility and 
     financial sustainability of a project providing broadband 
     service to an unserved location, underserved location, or 
     eligible community anchor institution;
       (E) once the network has been deployed, shall provide 
     public notice, online and through other means, of that fact 
     to the locations and areas to which broadband service has 
     been provided and share the public notice with the eligible 
     entity that awarded the subgrant;
       (F) shall carry out public awareness campaigns in service 
     areas that are designed to highlight the value and benefits 
     of broadband service in order to increase the adoption of 
     broadband service by consumers; and
       (G) if the entity is no longer able to provide broadband 
     service to the locations covered by the subgrant at any time, 
     shall sell the network capacity at a reasonable, wholesale 
     rate on a nondiscriminatory basis to other broadband service 
     providers or public sector entities.
       (5)
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