This is also an anti-high tech bill. Its 39 pages of bureaucratic red tape force Internet service providers to play cyber-cop. An ISP who had no knowledge that a subscriber had set up a gambling site could still face criminal prosecution unless the ISP complies with all the regulations in this bill. ISPs could also be forced to block subscribers from getting to foreign web sites. This is a fool's errand.
Foreign websites can change their web address almost instantly and be back in business in minutes.
This bill deals a bad hand to all Americans by threatening their privacy. The notice and takedown scheme in this bill is so vaguely defined that it would allow people who don't even operate gambling sites, individual subscribers, to have their Internet access taken away. This bill is a bust. There are a number of amendmentsMembers would have offered to fix it but because the sponsors of this bill fear these amendments, it is being considered under suspension of the rules. I urge Members to vote no on this legislation.