[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2289-S2290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1662. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Cruz) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division C, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. BROADBAND SERVICE FUNDS LIMITATION.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of any division of this 
     Act, no amounts previously appropriated or appropriated under 
     this Act shall be made available for use by

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     the National Telecommunications and Information 
     Administration to encourage eligible entities to set, freeze, 
     or cap rates charged by a provider of broadband service under 
     the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program or to 
     approve the initial or final proposal of an eligible entity 
     that sets, freezes, or caps rates charged by a provider of 
     broadband service, submitted as part of the Broadband Equity, 
     Access, and Deployment program.
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