Restoring American Privacy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1868
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2017-04-04
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Right of privacy
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Restoring American Privacy Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill makes broadband Internet access service providers subject to the customer privacy order and rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on October 27, 2016.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1868 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 4, 2017 Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Pallone , and Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide that providers of broadband Internet access service shall be subject to the privacy rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on October 27, 2016.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring American Privacy Act of 2017 . 2. Protecting the privacy of broadband customers Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a provider of broadband Internet access service (as defined in section 8.2 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations) shall be subject to— (1) the Report and Order in the matter of protecting the privacy of customers of broadband and other telecommunications services that was adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on October 27, 2016 (FCC 16–148); and (2) the rules adopted in such Report and Order.