[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4202 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4202

To prohibit the imposition of access charges and other unfair fees and 
 charges on the provision of Internet services, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2000

 Mr. Ehrlich introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the imposition of access charges and other unfair fees and 
 charges on the provision of Internet services, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Services Promotion Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CHARGES ON INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS.

    (a) Access Charges.--Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 254) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(l) Prohibition of Access Charges on Internet Service 
Providers.--Notwithstanding subsection (b)(4) or (d) or any other 
provision of this title, the Commission shall not impose on any 
provider of Internet access service (as such term is defined in section 
231(e)) any contribution for the support of universal service, or any 
access charge under part 69 of the Commission's regulations (47 C.F.R. 
part 69) or any successor regulation, that is based on a measure of the 
time that telecommunications services are used in the provision of such 
Internet access service.''.
    (b) Regulatory Fees.--Section 9(h) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 159(h)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1); and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``; or (3) providers of Internet access service (as 
        such term is defined in section 231(e))''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF INTERNET TAX MORATORIUM.

    Section 1101(a) of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (title XI of 
division C of Public Law 105-277) is amended by striking ``3 years'' 
and inserting ``8 years''.
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