3.0.0 2136 2022-11-01T19:17:13Z 2022-11-01T19:17:13Z House HR 2019-04-08 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 60 (Monday, April 8, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SMUCKER:H.R. 2136.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H3129]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2019-04-09T19:04:05Z Referred to 2019-04-08T16:01:35Z 2019-04-09 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2019-04-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001199 Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] Lloyd Smucker R PA 11 N S001187 Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] Steve Stivers R OH 15 2019-05-14 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Intergovernmental relations Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media State and local government operations Telecommunication rates and fees Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-04-08 Introduced in House 2020-01-23T22:00:19Z Open Internet Preservation Act

This bill prohibits broadband internet access service providers from (1) blocking lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices; or (2) throttling lawful internet traffic on the basis of internet content, application, or service, or use of a non-harmful device.

Providers may offer specialized services, which operate over the same network and share network capacity with the broadband internet access service, so long as such service offerings do not threaten the availability of broadband internet access service or evade the purposes of the bill.

]]> Open Internet Preservation Act Display Title Open Internet Preservation Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure internet openness, to prohibit blocking of lawful content, applications, services, and non-harmful devices, to prohibit impairment or degradation of lawful internet traffic, to limit the authority of the Federal Communications Commission and to preempt State law with respect to internet openness obligations, to provide that broadband internet access service shall be considered to be an information service, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Open Internet Preservation Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2136ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2136ih.xml 2019-04-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. 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.