I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5550 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communica-
tions Commission to promulgate regulations requiring providers of 
broadband service to state the aggregate price for such service and 
prohibiting providers of broadband service from charging certain fees, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 
Mr. HARDER of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the 
Federal Communications Commission to promulgate reg-
ulations requiring providers of broadband service to state 
the aggregate price for such service and prohibiting pro-
viders of broadband service from charging certain fees, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Lower Internet Costs 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
STATEMENT 
OF 
AGGREGATE 
PRICE 
FOR 
BROADBAND SERVICE; CERTAIN FEES PRO-
HIBITED. 
Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 
723. 
STATEMENT 
OF 
AGGREGATE 
PRICE 
FOR 
BROADBAND SERVICE; CERTAIN FEES PRO-
HIBITED. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Commission 
shall promulgate regulations that— 
‘‘(1) require a provider of broadband service— 
‘‘(A) to state the aggregate price for such 
service as a clear, easy-to-understand, and accu-
rate single line item on the bill of a subscriber; 
and 
‘‘(B) if such provider communicates a price 
for such service in any promotional materials, 
to state the aggregate price for such service in 
a clear, easy-to-understand, and accurate man-
ner in such materials; and 
‘‘(2) prohibit a provider of broadband service 
from charging a subscriber a covered fee. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING STATEMENT
OF 
AGGREGATE PRICE.— 
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‘‘(1) ON BILL OF SUBSCRIBER.—With respect 
to the statement on the bill of a subscriber described 
in subsection (a)(1)(A) (including a bill for a legacy 
or grandfathered broadband service plan that is no 
longer generally available to new customers), the 
regulations 
promulgated 
under 
subsection 
(a) 
shall— 
‘‘(A) if the aggregate price stated is intro-
ductory or otherwise limited to a period of time, 
require the provider of broadband service to 
state on the bills provided to such subscriber 
approximately 60 days and 30 days before the 
end of such period— 
‘‘(i) either— 
‘‘(I) the length of such period; or 
‘‘(II) the date on which such pe-
riod will end and the price charged 
will change; and 
‘‘(ii) the price that will be charged 
after the end of such period; and 
‘‘(B) permit the provider of broadband 
service to complement the aggregate price stat-
ed with an itemized explanation of the elements 
that compose such aggregate price. 
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‘‘(2) IN PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS.—With re-
spect to the statement in any promotional materials 
described in subsection (a)(1)(B), the regulations 
promulgated under subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(A) if the aggregate price stated is intro-
ductory or otherwise limited to a period of time, 
require the provider of broadband service to 
state in such materials— 
‘‘(i) the price that will be charged 
after the end of such period (calculated on 
the date on which such materials are made 
available to consumers); and 
‘‘(ii) the length of such period and the 
length of time for which the price de-
scribed in clause (i) will be charged; 
‘‘(B) if part of the aggregate price stated 
fluctuates based on service location, require the 
provider of broadband service to state where 
and how a consumer may obtain the aggregate 
price specific to such consumer (such as elec-
tronically or by contacting a customer service or 
sales representative); 
‘‘(C) permit the provider of broadband 
service to complement the aggregate price stat-
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ed with an itemized explanation of the elements 
that compose such aggregate price; and 
‘‘(D) specify that the requirements in such 
regulations with respect to such statement do 
not apply with respect to legacy or grand-
fathered broadband service plans that are no 
longer generally available to new customers. 
‘‘(3) EXCLUSIONS FROM AGGREGATE PRICE.— 
The regulations promulgated under subsection (a) 
shall specify other charges related to the provision of 
broadband service (such as taxes, administrative 
fees, and equipment fees) that are not charged for 
the broadband service itself and are not required to 
be included in the aggregate price stated under such 
regulations. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION TO BUNDLED SERVICES.— 
The regulations promulgated under subsection (a) 
shall provide that, if a provider of broadband service 
bills for or promotes broadband service as part of a 
bundle with other services— 
‘‘(A) the statements described in sub-
section (a)(1) are required with respect to any 
charges for such bundle that are specific to 
broadband service; and 
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‘‘(B) the prohibition on charging a covered 
fee under subsection (a)(2) applies with respect 
to all services that are part of such bundle. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
BROADBAND
SERVICE.—The 
term 
‘broadband service’ has the meaning given the term 
‘broadband internet access service’ in section 8.1(b) 
of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc-
cessor regulation). 
‘‘(2) COVERED
FEE.—The term ‘covered fee’ 
means, with respect to a fee charged by a provider 
of broadband service, the following: 
‘‘(A) A fee to cover the cost of compliance 
with State regulations and programs (commonly 
known as a ‘State cost recovery charge’). 
‘‘(B) A fee to cover the cost of maintain-
ing, building, or operating the network of such 
provider (commonly known as a ‘network access 
and maintenance fee’, ‘internet cost recovery 
fee’, ‘broadband cost recovery fee’, or ‘network 
enhancement fee’). 
‘‘(C) A fee imposed by a local government 
on such provider to compensate such local gov-
ernment for use of a public right-of-way (com-
monly known as a ‘local access fee’). 
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‘‘(D) A fee for the cost of technical sup-
port or repair of equipment (commonly known 
as a ‘tech assure fee’). 
‘‘(E) Any other fee determined by the 
Commission to be charged for a purpose similar 
to a purpose described in any of subparagraphs 
(A) through (D).’’. 
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