3.0.0 215 2023-01-11T20:06:10Z 2023-01-11T20:06:10Z Senate S S 2007-01-09 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-09T17:18:00Z 2007-01-09 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S287-288) IntroReferral 2007-01-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S286-287) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-01-09 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-01-09 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-01-09 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-01-09 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2007-01-09 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-01-09 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-01-09 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-01-09 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-01-12 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-12-07 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-09-17 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Broadband Commerce Competition Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer complaints Consumer education Damages Federal Communications Commission Government Operations and Politics Independent regulatory commissions Internet Law Telecommunication rates Telephone Science, Technology, Communications 00 2007-01-09 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-07T18:09:25Z Internet Freedom Preservation Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish certain Internet neutrality duties for broadband service providers (providers), including not interfering with, or discriminating against, the ability of any person to use broadband service in a lawful manner. Allows providers to engage in activities in furtherance of certain management and business-related practices, such as protecting network security and offering consumer protection services such as parental controls.

Prohibits a provider from requiring a subscriber, as a condition on the purchase of broadband service, to purchase any cable service, telecommunications service, or IP-enabled voice service.

Requires a report from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to specified congressional committees on provider delivery of broadband content, applications, and services.

]]> Internet Freedom Preservation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure net neutrality. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Internet Freedom Preservation Act Short Titles as Introduced Internet Freedom Preservation Act Introduced in Senate 2007-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s215is/xml/BILLS-110s215is.xml 2007-01-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S287-288) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.