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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 114–490 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2666) TO PROHIBIT 

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FROM REGULATING 

THE RATES CHARGED FOR BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE 

APRIL 12, 2016.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. BURGESS, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 672] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 672, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House 

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2666, the No 

Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act, under a structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate 

equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The 

resolution makes in order as original text for the purpose of 

amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill and provides that it shall be considered as read. The 

resolution waives all points of order against that amendment in the 

nature of a substitute. The resolution makes in order only those 

further amendments printed in this report. Each such amendment 

may be offered only in the order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in this report 

equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a 

demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives all points of order 

against the amendments printed in this report. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 


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EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver of all points of order is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order as original 

text, the Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver 

of all points of order is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendments printed in this report, the Committee is not aware of 

any points of order. The waiver of all points of order is prophylactic 

in nature. 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. Doyle (PA): Preserves the FCC’s authority to accelerate the deployment of broadband internet access service to low-income consumers. (10 minutes) 

2. Luja ́n (NM), Pallone (NJ), Yarmuth (KY), Clarke (NY): Clarifies that nothing in H.R. 2666 would prevent the FCC from requiring that TV broadcast stations, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, 

cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers to upload the public inspection file in a format that is machine-readable, to the extent 

such station, operator, or provider is required to make material in 

its public inspection file available on, or upload such material to, 

an Internet website. (10 minutes) 

3. McNerney (CA): States that nothing in H.R. 2666 shall affect 

the authority of the Commission to act in the public interest, convenience, and necessity. (10 minutes) 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DOYLE OF

PENNSYLVANIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

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(4) take actions under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 214 

of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 214) or section 

310(d) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 310(d)) to accelerate the deployment of broadband Internet access service to low-income consumers. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LUJA ́ N OF

NEW MEXICO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

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(4) promulgate regulations that require a television broadcast station, AM or FM radio broadcast station, cable operator, 

direct broadcast satellite service provider, or satellite digital 

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spection file available on, or upload such material to, an Internet website, to make such material available or upload such 

material in a format that is machine-readable, such that the 

format supports the automated searching for particular text 

within and among documents, the bulk downloading of data 

contained in such material, the aggregation, manipulation, 

sorting, and analysis of the data contained in such material, 

and such other functionality as the Commission considers appropriate. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MCNERNEY

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

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(4) act in the public interest, convenience, and necessity. 

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