[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4676 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4676

   To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to classify broadband as 
                      telecommunications service.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2022

   Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
 Klobuchar, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
Sanders, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Cardin, 
 Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
Padilla, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, 
 Mr. Durbin, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to classify broadband as 
                      telecommunications 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 ``Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice 
Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. CLASSIFICATION OF BROADBAND AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.

    Section 3(53) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153(53)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``means the offering'' and inserting the 
        following: ``--
                    ``(A) means the offering''; and
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
        following: ``; and
                    ``(B) includes the offering of broadband internet 
                access service, as defined in section 801, for a fee 
                directly to the public, or to such classes of users as 
                to be effectively available directly to the public, 
                regardless of the facilities used.''.
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