Sec. 6. Enforcement of antiredlining provision
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The Commission may issue an order to remedy a violation of a rule issued pursuant to section 4, which may include any of the following: An order to provide interconnection to any other ISP willing to provide service to the area found to be redlined and to whatever additional area the Commission may determine is necessary to make service to the redlined area reasonably profitable and sustainable. An order to compel an ISP to provide service to the area found to be redlined— which shall detail the services required to be offered and may require that the prices offered for such services be just, reasonable, and affordable to the residents of the relevant geographic area; and which may not threaten the commercial viability of the ISP.
An order to require a party not subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission to provide access to any physical premises, wiring, or facility. Any other relief or penalty authorized under this Act. For any ISP that receives Federal funds on or after the date of the enactment of this section for the purpose of providing service to a geographic area that includes an area subject to redlining, the Commission shall assess the cost of provision of robust broadband to the redlined area and shall require the ISP to return the funds for that portion of the grant that should have provided service to that area.
The Commission shall include interest from the date of the disbursement of the Federal funds to the date of payment for any funds returned under this paragraph. The Commission may use any funds returned under paragraph
(1)for any broadband deployment or digital inclusion fund supervised by the Commission.