Internet Freedom Act

Bill: 113-hr-4070
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2014-02-21
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Competition and antitrust

Consumer affairs

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-02-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Internet Freedom Act - Prohibits regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices (adopted December 21, 2010) from having any force or effect.</p> <p> Prohibits the FCC from reissuing such regulations in substantially the same form, or from issuing new regulations that are substantially the same, unless such regulations are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the enactment of this Act.</p> <p>Exempts from such prohibitions any regulations that the FCC determines are necessary to: (1) prevent damage to U.S. national security, (2) ensure public safety, or (3) assist or facilitate actions taken by a federal or state law enforcement agency.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4070 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 21, 2014 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Shimkus , Mr. Scalise , and Mr. Latta ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating certain network management practices of broadband Internet access service providers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Internet Freedom Act . 2. Limitation on authority of FCC (a) In general The regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices (FCC 10–201; adopted December 21, 2010) shall have no force or effect, and the Commission may not reissue such regulations in substantially the same form, or issue new regulations that are substantially the same as such regulations, unless the reissued or new regulations are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Exception This section does not apply to any regulations that the Federal Communications Commission determines necessary— (1) to prevent damage to the national security of the United States; (2) to ensure the public safety; or (3) to assist or facilitate any actions taken by a Federal or State law enforcement agency.