1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminate the Digital Divide Act . 2. Expansion of broadband access in unserved areas (a) In general The Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended— (1) in title I ( 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), by adding at the end the following: 14. Expansion and adoption of broadband service through State funding (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Broadband funding partner The term broadband funding partner means an eligible entity that receives funding for a project under this section. (2) Broadband service The term broadband service — (A) means a mass-market retail service by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of the communications service; (B) includes any service that is a functional equivalent of the service described in subparagraph (A); and (C) does not include dial-up internet access service. (3) Eligible entity The term eligible entity means a private provider of broadband service, or a public-private partnership or cooperative (including a subsidiary of a cooperative) that provides broadband service, that has submitted to the Commission, in addition to any data required to be submitted under section 802, data regarding the service option described in subsection (f)(2) that the entity would offer if the entity were to receive funding under this section. (4) High cost area The term high cost area means an area in which the cost of building out broadband service is higher, as compared with the average such cost in the United States (and as determined by the Commission), because of— (A) the remote location of the area; (B) the scarcity of services in the area; (C) the unique topography of the area; (D) a high rate of poverty in the area