Sec. 60505. GAO REPORT

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## SEC. 60505 GAO REPORT ###

(a)Definitions In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— ####

(1)the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; ####

(2)the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; ####

(3)the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; ####

(4)the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; ####

(5)the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; ####

(6)the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; ####

(7)the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; and ####

(8)the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of the Representatives. ###

(b)Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that evaluates the process used by the Commission for establishing, reviewing, and updating the upload and download speed thresholds for broadband internet access service, including— ####

(1)how the Commission reviews and updates broadband internet access speed thresholds; ####

(2)whether the Commission should consider future broadband internet access service speed needs when establishing broadband internet access service speed thresholds, including whether the Commission considers the need, or the anticipated need, for higher upload or download broadband internet access service speeds in the 5-year period and the 10-year period after the date on which a broadband internet access service speed threshold is to be established; and ####

(3)whether the Commission should consider the impacts of changing uses of the internet in establishing, reviewing, or updating broadband internet access service speed thresholds, including— #####

(A)the proliferation of internet-based business; #####

(B)working remotely and running a business from home; #####

(C)video teleconferencing; #####

(D)distance learning; #####

(E)in-house web hosting; and #####

(F)cloud data storage.