The following amendments were offered:
TITLE I - National Cable Franchising
An amendment offered by Mr. Upton, #1, Manager's Amendment, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment to the Upton amendment offered by Ms. Eshoo, #1A, to clarify the statutory definitions of "cable operator", "cable service", and "video programming" and ensure that IP video offerings will be covered by existing cable law as well as this legislation, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 13 - 17;
An amendment offered by Mrs. Cubin, #2, to permit small telecommunications providers and other multi-channel video programming distributors to utilize a shared head-end, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment offered by Messrs. Dingell and Markey, #3, to establish market-based incremental service requirements for national franchisees for their use of the public rights-of-way, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 11 - 22;
An amendment offered by Mr. Bilirakis, #4, regarding franchise fees, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment offered by Mr. Stupak, #5, to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue an annual report on national franchisee cable deployment, prices, and service areas (the amendment applies to both new entrants and incumbent carriers who qualify for a national franchise), was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment offered by Mr. Dingell, #6, requiring a national franchisee to certify compliance with municipal rights-of-way requirements; clarifying that the FCC will not resolve rights-of-way disputes; clarifying gross revenues definition; establishing fee dispute resolution procedures; requiring the FCC to consult with franchising authorities in establishing rules; updating the franchise fee definition to account for national franchisees, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 14 - 16;
An amendment offered by Mr. Doyle, #7, adding local enforcement of the national franchise provisions of the bill; enabling the FCC to order refunds to the consumer; and clarifying the complaint appeal process with the FCC, was withdrawn.
An amendment offered by Mr. Boucher, #8, to close the "terrestrial loophole" in the program access requirements (Sec. 628 of the Cable Act) (Note: currently, the program access rules prohibit a vertically-integrated cable operator from refusing to make its satellite-delivered cable channels available to unaffiliated multichannel video programming distributors; however, terrestrially delivered programming is exempt from this requirement), was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 10 - 21;
An amendment offered by Mr. Pallone, #9, to prevent a foreign-owned or controlled company from receiving a national franchise, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 9 - 19;
An amendment offered by Mr. Inslee, #10, to allow any person to file a complaint with the state attorney general in the case of a violation of consumer protection standards, and allow the state attorney general to bring a civil action against the cable provider, was withdrawn;
An amendment offered by Mr. Inslee, #11, to require the FCC to revise its video captioning rules to take into account new technology, was withdrawn;
An amendment offered by Mr. Wynn, #12, to require the operator to comply with all the consumer protection rules under section 632(b); and require the FCC to identify with specificity what constitutes a violation of consumer protection and damages that may be imposed for such violations, was withdrawn;
An amendment offered by Mr. Stupak, #13, to require that the FCC promulgate regulations to require a cable operator with a national franchise under this section of the Act to prevent the distribution of child pornography over its network, and to require that a cable operator authorized to provide cable service in a local franchise area comply with this regulation, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment offered by Mr. Markey, #14, to ensure that national cable franchisees are not required to carry local commercial TV stations under must-carry law until the FCC establishes specific public interest obligations for digital TV licensees, was withdrawn;
An amendment offered by Mr. Inslee, #15, to require that in the last year of a 10-year national franchise term, at the request of the franchising authority, a cable operator participate in a public hearing on its performance in the franchise area, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment offered by Mr. Markey, #16, regarding program access principles, was withdrawn;
TITLE II - Enforcement of Broadband Policy Statement
An amendment offered by Mr. Upton, #17, Manager's Amendment, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment offered by Messrs. Markey and Boucher, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Inslee, #18, to establish network neutrality rules and an expedited complaint process, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 8 - 23;
An amendment offered by Messrs. Stearns and Boucher, #19, to grant the FCC exclusive authority regarding Advanced Internet communications services, was withdrawn;
TITLE III - VOIP/911
An amendment offered by Messrs. Gordon and Shimkus, and Ms. Eshoo, #20, regarding emergency services, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment offered by Mr. Stearns, #21, regarding notice prior to installation or number activation of VOIP service to ensure consumers have notice regarding the proper functioning of alarm/security systems, was withdrawn;
An amendment offered by Mr. Stupak, #22, specifying that nothing in this Act shall be construed to exempt a VOIP service provider from requirements imposed by the FCC or a State Commission on all VOIP service providers to (1) pay appropriate intercarrier compensation and (2) contribute to the Universal Service Fund, was withdrawn;
An amendment offered by Mr. Pickering, #23, regarding VOIP provider interconnection rights and obligations, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment offered by Mr. Stearns, #24, regarding rights-of-way, was withdrawn;
An amendment offered by Messrs. Inslee and Engel, #25, regarding extending disability requirements to VOIP, was adopted by a voice vote;
TITLE IV - Municipal Provision of Services
An amendment offered by Mr. Inslee, #26, to require the FCC and the NTIA to conduct a band-by-band analysis of spectrum, report on any underused spectrum, and conduct a rulemaking regarding underused government spectrum to encourage more efficient use of or the transfer to or sharing with commercial or other users, was withdrawn;
TITLE V - Broadband Service
An amendment offered by Mr. Boucher, #27, to create a new Title V of the bill and require providers of broadband service to offer consumers the option of purchasing such service on a standalone basis, was adopted by a voice vote;
