[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1212 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1212

 To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from reclassifying 
 broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and 
    from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2015

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Olson, Mr. 
  Latta, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina, Mr. 
Cramer, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Flores, Mr. Lance, Mr. Barton, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
  Hudson, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Harper, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. 
 Collins of New York, and Mr. Burgess) 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 reclassifying 
 broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and 
    from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service.

    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 rule adopted by the Federal Communications 
Commission in GN Docket No. 14-28 on February 26, 2015 (relating to 
broadband Internet access service) shall have no force or effect, and 
the Commission may not reissue such rule in substantially the same 
form, or issue a new rule that is substantially the same as such rule, 
unless the reissued or new rule is specifically authorized by a law 
enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Exception.--This section does not apply to any rule 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.
    (c) Rule Defined.--In this section, the term ``rule'' has the 
meaning given such term in section 804 of title 5, United States Code.
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