[House Report 114-490]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress   }                                      {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session      }                                      {      114-490

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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2666) TO PROHIBIT THE 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FROM REGULATING THE RATES CHARGED FOR 
                   BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE

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   April 12, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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               Mr. Burgess, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 672]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 672, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2666, the 
No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act, under a 
structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The 
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The resolution makes in order as original text for 
the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
now printed in the bill and provides that it shall be 
considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order 
against that amendment in the nature of a substitute. The 
resolution makes in order only those further amendments printed 
in this report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 
order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in this report equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 
not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a 
demand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives all points of 
order against the amendments printed in this report. The 
resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill, the Committee is not aware of any 
points of order. The waiver of all points of order is 
prophylactic in nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order as 
original text, the Committee is not aware of any points of 
order. The waiver of all points of order is prophylactic in 
nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
the amendments printed in this report, the Committee is not 
aware of any points of order. The waiver of all points of order 
is prophylactic in nature.

                SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

    1. Doyle (PA): Preserves the FCC's authority to accelerate 
the deployment of broadband internet access service to low-
income consumers. (10 minutes)
    2. Lujan (NM), Pallone (NJ), Yarmuth (KY), Clarke (NY): 
Clarifies that nothing in H.R. 2666 would prevent the FCC from 
requiring that TV broadcast stations, AM or FM radio broadcast 
stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service 
providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers 
to upload the public inspection file in a format that is 
machine-readable, to the extent such station, operator, or 
provider is required to make material in its public inspection 
file available on, or upload such material to, an Internet 
website. (10 minutes)
    3. McNerney (CA): States that nothing in H.R. 2666 shall 
affect the authority of the Commission to act in the public 
interest, convenience, and necessity. (10 minutes)

                    TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

 An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Doyle of Pennsylvania or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 3, line 20, strike ``; or'' and insert a semicolon.
  Page 3, line 22, strike the period and insert ``; or''.
  Page 3, after line 22, insert the following:
          (4) take actions under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of 
        section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
        U.S.C. 214) or section 310(d) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 
        310(d)) to accelerate the deployment of broadband 
        Internet access service to low-income consumers.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan of New Mexico or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 3, line 20, strike ``; or'' and insert a semicolon.
  Page 3, line 22, strike the period and insert ``; or''.
  Page 3, after line 22, insert the following:
          (4) promulgate regulations that require a television 
        broadcast station, AM or FM radio broadcast station, 
        cable operator, direct broadcast satellite service 
        provider, or satellite digital audio radio service 
        provider, to the extent such station, operator, or 
        provider is required to make material in its public 
        inspection file available on, or upload such material 
        to, an Internet website, to make such material 
        available or upload such material in a format that is 
        machine-readable, such that the format supports the 
        automated searching for particular text within and 
        among documents, the bulk downloading of data contained 
        in such material, the aggregation, manipulation, 
        sorting, and analysis of the data contained in such 
        material, and such other functionality as the 
        Commission considers appropriate.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McNerney of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 3, line 20, strike ``; or'' and insert a semicolon.
  Page 3, line 22, strike the period and insert ``; or''.
  Page 3, after line 22, insert the following:
          (4) act in the public interest, convenience, and 
        necessity.

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