[113H4070]
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(Original Signature of Member)
114TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. ll
To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from
reclassifying broadband Internet access service as a
telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on
providers of such service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mrs. BLACKBURN introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on llllllllllllll
A BILL To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission
from
reclassifying broadband Internet access service as a
tele-communications service and from imposing certain regu-lations
on providers of such service.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the Internet Freedom 4
Act. 5
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2 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF FCC. 1
(a) IN GENERAL.The rule adopted by the Federal 2
Communications Commission in GN Docket No. 1428 on 3
February 26, 2015 (relating to broadband Internet access 4
service) shall have no force or effect, and the Commission 5
may not reissue such rule in substantially the same form, 6
or issue a new rule that is substantially the same as such 7
rule, unless the reissued or new rule is specifically
author-8
ized by a law enacted after the date of the enactment of 9
this Act. 10
(b) EXCEPTION.This section does not apply to any 11
rule that the Federal Communications Commission deter-12
mines necessary 13
(1) to prevent damage to the national security 14
of the United States; 15
(2) to ensure the public safety; or 16
(3) to assist or facilitate any actions taken by 17
a Federal or State law enforcement agency. 18
(c) RULE DEFINED.In this section, the term rule 19
has the meaning given such term in section 804 of title 20
5, United States Code. 21
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1141-0227-086933 593925|3 [Discussion Draft] [~113H4070] (Original
Signature of Member) [DISCUSSION DRAFT] I 114th CONGRESS 1st
Session H. R. __ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mrs. Blackburn
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on ______________ A BILL To prohibit the Federal Communications
Commission from reclassifying broadband Internet access service as
a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations
on providers of such service. 1. Short title This Act may be cited
as the Internet Freedom Act. 2. Limitation on authority of FCC (a)
In general The rule adopted by the Federal Communications
Commission in GN Docket No. 1428 on February 26, 2015 (relating to
broadband Internet access service) shall have no force or effect,
and the Commission may not reissue such rule in substantially the
same form, or issue a new rule that is substantially the same as
such rule, unless the reissued or new rule is specifically
authorized by a law enacted after the date of the enactment of this
Act. (b) Exception This section does not apply to any rule that the
Federal Communications Commission determines necessary (1) to
prevent damage to the national security of the United States; (2)
to ensure the public safety; or (3) to assist or facilitate any
actions taken by a Federal or State law enforcement agency. (c)
Rule defined In this section, the term rule has the meaning given
such term in section 804 of title 5, United States Code.
