Sec. 11104. Study and recommendations to connect socially disadvantaged individuals
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Section 903 of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ), as amended by section 11102, is further amended by inserting before subsection
(i)(as redesignated by such section) the following: Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Office, in consultation with the Commission and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture, shall, after public notice and an opportunity for comment, conduct a study to assess the extent to which Federal funds for broadband service, including the Universal Service Fund Programs and other Federal broadband support programs, have expanded access to and adoption of broadband service by socially disadvantaged individuals as compared to individuals who are not socially disadvantaged individuals. Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Office shall submit a report on the results of the study under paragraph
(1)to— the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and each agency administering a program evaluated by such report. Contemporaneously with submitting the report required by subparagraph (A), the Office shall publish such report on the public-facing website of the Office. The report required by subparagraph
(A)shall include recommendations with regard to how Federal funds for the Universal Service Fund Programs and Federal broadband support programs may be dispersed in an a manner that better expands access to and adoption of broadband service by socially disadvantaged individuals as compared to individuals who are not socially disadvantaged individuals. In this subsection: The term socially disadvantaged individual has the meaning given that term in section 8 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637 ). The terms adoption of broadband service and broadband service have the meanings given such terms in section 11001 of the Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow’s America Act . .
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