View all text of Chapter 15 [§ 1601 - § 1609]
§ 1608. DefinitionsIn this chapter:
(1) Advanced communications service
(2) Appropriate national security agencyThe term “appropriate national security agency” means—
(A) the Department of Homeland Security;
(B) the Department of Defense;
(C) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
(D) the National Security Agency; and
(E) the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(3) Commission
(4) Communications equipment or service
(5) Covered communications equipment or service
(6) CustomersThe term “customers” means, with respect to a provider of advanced communications service—
(A) the customers of such provider; and
(B) the customers of any affiliate (as defined in section 153 of this title) of such provider.
(7) Executive branch interagency body
(8) Person
(9) Program
(10) Provider of advanced communications serviceThe term “provider of advanced communications service”—
(A) means a person who provides advanced communications service to United States customers; and
(B) includes—
(i) accredited public or private noncommercial educational institutions, providing their own facilities-based educational broadband service, as defined in section 27.4 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation; and
(ii) health care providers and libraries providing advanced communications service.
(11) Recipient
(12) Reimbursement funds
(Pub. L. 116–124, § 9, Mar. 12, 2020, 134 Stat. 169; Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title IX, § 901(2), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2121.)