[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4070 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4070

   To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating 
   certain network management practices of broadband Internet access 
                           service providers.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating 
   certain network management practices of broadband Internet access 
                           service providers.

    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 Freedom Act''.

SEC. 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.
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