IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 113 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue 
aggressive growth in the Nation’s telecommunications and technology 
industries, the United States Government should ‘‘Get Out of the Way 
and Stay Out of the Way’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2015 
Mr. LATTA submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
in order to continue aggressive growth in the Nation’s 
telecommunications and technology industries, the United 
States Government should ‘‘Get Out of the Way and 
Stay Out of the Way’’. 
Whereas the technology and communications industries in the 
United States have historically been some of the most 
competitive in the world and devoid of burdensome Gov-
ernment regulations; 
Whereas the United States has over 96,000,000 wireline 
broadband connections; 
Whereas wireless auctions are the reason the United States 
has over 197,000,000 wireless broadband connections; 
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Whereas public-private partnerships, like those piloted by or-
ganizations such as Connected Nation, have raised 
broadband subscription rates, especially in rural areas, by 
increasing both broadband supply and demand without 
having to rely on regulation; 
Whereas deregulatory policies and free-market competition 
consistently yield a higher rate of economic growth, a 
greater standard of living for all Americans, and an en-
hanced capacity for the United States to be competitive 
in the global marketplace; 
Whereas the digital age not only expands an individual’s 
reach and ability to connect with family and friends, pro-
vides new and exciting educational opportunities, and ex-
pands a growing global economy, while simultaneously ex-
posing an individual to a myriad of new threats such as 
identity theft and other methods of online victimization, 
and resulting in the increase of attempted criminal cyber 
attacks on businesses and communications networks; and 
Whereas we should continually strive to advance this rapidly 
growing source of social and economic benefit to the Na-
tion: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that in order to continue aggressive growth 
in the Nation’s telecommunications and technology indus-
tries, the United States Government should ‘‘Get Out of 
the Way and Stay Out of the Way’’ by— 
(1) promoting investment through deregulation 
and free-market competition; 
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(2) making additional spectrum available for 
commercial usage through unencumbered auctions, 
reallocation of Federal spectrum, and efficient spec-
trum sharing; 
(3) establishing a national goal of transmitting 
high-quality, real-time voice, data, graphics, and 
video at increasingly higher speeds to all people in 
the United States, especially in rural and under-
served areas; 
(4) ensuring individual privacy protections with-
out compromising marketplace efficiencies; and 
(5) promoting cyber threat sharing for allowing 
the private sector to actively defend their commu-
nications networks. 
Æ 
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