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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1307 
To combat trade barriers that threaten the maintenance of an open Internet, 
that mandate unique technology standards as a condition of market 
access and related measures, and to promote online free expression and 
the free flow of information. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2015 
Ms. LOFGREN (for herself, Ms. ESHOO, and Mr. HONDA) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, and 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To combat trade barriers that threaten the maintenance of 
an open Internet, that mandate unique technology stand-
ards as a condition of market access and related meas-
ures, and to promote online free expression and the 
free flow of information. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Free Internet 
Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) A single, open, global Internet is a vital tool 
for facilitating the free and secure flow of informa-
tion and products without regard to distances or na-
tional boundaries. 
(2) The goal of a single, open, global Internet 
is best supported by policies that— 
(A) encourage utilization on a global basis 
of technology standards set by international 
standards-setting organizations, including in-
dustry-led and other voluntary bodies, and se-
lected by the market; 
(B) respect the security of information, 
privacy, and speech of Internet users; 
(C) promote investment in Internet-related 
innovation; 
(D) refrain from compelling Internet serv-
ice providers and other intermediaries to re-
strict the free flow of information on the Inter-
net; and 
(E) allow trade in Internet-related goods, 
services, information, and content. 
(3) Certain governments and international bod-
ies are adopting or considering policies contrary to 
the goal of a free, open Internet, including— 
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(A) mandating unique technology stand-
ards favoring domestic producers as a condition 
of market access or pursuing related policies re-
garding standard-setting that are discrimina-
tory and subvert the open, global nature of the 
Internet; 
(B) sponsoring or tolerating the use of 
Internet-related tools to gain unauthorized ac-
cess to public-sector and private-sector net-
works in the United States to disrupt their op-
eration; 
(C) blocking, filtering, or otherwise re-
stricting Internet communications in a manner 
that discriminates against Internet-based serv-
ices and content originating in other countries; 
(D) monitoring Internet use and commu-
nications in a manner that restricts individual 
privacy and freedom; and 
(E) imposing market access requirements 
or liabilities that discriminate against or other-
wise impede Internet-related goods, services and 
content from other countries. 
(4) Such actions threaten the interests of the 
United States by— 
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(A) facilitating attempts by foreign govern-
ments to restrict or disrupt the free flow of in-
formation on the Internet; 
(B) promoting ‘‘national Internets’’ in con-
flict with the underlying rationale and architec-
ture of the Internet as originally envisioned and 
constructed, thereby compromising the Inter-
net’s full functionality and promise; 
(C) harming United States workers and 
businesses, undermining a strong United States 
industrial base, and putting foreign competitors 
at an advantage; and 
(D) putting at risk the utility of the Inter-
net as a tool of open communication, assembly, 
and commerce, and the individuals who seek to 
use it for such purposes. 
SEC. 3. TASK FORCE ON THE GLOBAL INTERNET. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 
the executive branch a Task Force on the Global 
Internet (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Task 
Force’’), hosted by the Department of Commerce. 
(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The President shall select 
from among the members of the Task Force under 
subsection (b)(1) to serve as Chairperson. 
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