How S 503 changes current law

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The bill adds a new assessment requirement regarding the impact of network equipment availability on telecommunications deployment and renumbers existing paragraphs within the report requirements.

• 47 U.S.C. 163(b)

  (3) assess, to the extent that data is available to the Commission, how the availability of network equipment may have impacted the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability during the applicable reporting period;

  This change requires the Commission to evaluate the effect of network equipment availability on telecommunications capability deployment.

• 47 U.S.C. 163(b)

  (3) → (4)

  This change renumbers the existing paragraph (3) to paragraph (4) after the addition of the new assessment.

• 47 U.S.C. 163(b)

  (4) → (5)

  This change renumbers the existing paragraph (4) to paragraph (5) to accommodate the new paragraph.

• 47 U.S.C. 163(b)

  (5) → (6)

  This change renumbers the existing paragraph (5) to paragraph (6) in the report requirements of the section.

• 47 U.S.C. 163(c)

  (b)(4) → (b)(5)

  This change updates a reference in subsection (c) to correspond with the renumbered paragraphs in subsection (b).

• 47 U.S.C. 163(d)(3)

  (b)(3) → (b)(4)

  This change updates a reference in subsection (d)(3) to reflect the renumbering of paragraph (3) to paragraph (4) in subsection (b).