FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON 
OFFICE OF 
THE CHAIRMAN 
The Honorable Dave Loebsack 
U.S . House ofRepresentatives 
1527 Longworth House Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20515 
Dear Congressman Loebsack: 
April 3, 2017 
Thank you for your letter regarding my designation as Chairman of the Federal 
Communications Commission and your recognition for my commitment to close the digital divide 
and improve rural broadband access throughout the nation. 
As you know, the small business exemption from the expanded reporting requirements in 
the Title II Order expired in December. That lapse left thousands of our nation ' s smallest and most 
competitive Internet service providers-mom-and-pop wireless Internet service providers (WISPs), 
small cable operators, municipal broadband providers, electric cooperatives, rural telephone 
companies, and others-worried that they would be subject to unnecessary, onerous, and ill-defined 
reporting obligations. 
Like you, I believe that the Commission works best when it works on a bipartisan basis. 
That's why last year I reached across the aisle to work out a compromise, and why I modeled the 
Small Business Reporting Exemption Order on your Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 
2017-which received bipartisan support and passed the House by voice vote without objection 
earlier this year. 1 And that's why after I received your letter, I reached out to my colleague yet 
again to determine whether an alternative compromise would amenable to her. Unfortunately, my 
compromise proposal was rejected. Nonetheless, our action will help the nation's small Internet 
service providers better serve their communities, like the ones you mentioned in your home state. 
I appreciate your interest and effort in this matter. I look forward to working with you on 
many important issues in my new role as Chairman. Please let me know if I can be of any further 
assistance. 
Sincerely, 
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1 See Small Business Broadband Deployment Act, H.R. 4596, I 14th Cong. § 2(d)(2) (20 16); Small Business Broadband 
Deployment Act, S. 2283 . I 15th Cong. § 2(a)(4) (20 17); Small Business Broadband Deployment Act, H.R. 288, I 15th 
Cong. § 2(d)(2) (20 17).