F:\M13\BLACKB\BLACKB_049.XML ..................................................................... (Original Signature of Member) H. R. ll 113TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating certain network management practices of broadband Internet access service providers. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mrs. BLACKBURN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll A BILL To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating certain network management practices of broadband Internet access service providers. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 4 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Internet Freedom 5 Act’’. 6 7 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF FCC. (a) IN GENERAL.—The regulations adopted by the 8 Federal Communications Commission in the Report and f:\VHLC\021914\021914.017.xml February 19, 2014 (11:31 a.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 11:31 Feb 19, 2014 Jkt 000000 (568456|6) PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\CBOSBO~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\BLACKB~1.XML H F:\M13\BLACKB\BLACKB_049.XML 2 1 Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and 2 broadband industry practices (FCC 10–201; adopted De3 cember 21, 2010) shall have no force or effect, and the 4 Commission may not reissue such regulations in substan5 tially the same form, or issue new regulations that are 6 substantially the same as such regulations, unless the re7 issued or new regulations are specifically authorized by a 8 law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act. 9 (b) EXCEPTION.—This section does not apply to any 10 regulations that the Federal Communications Commission 11 determines necessary— 12 13 (1) to prevent damage to the national security of the United States; 14 (2) to ensure the public safety; or 15 (3) to assist or facilitate any actions taken by 16 a Federal or State law enforcement agency. f:\VHLC\021914\021914.017.xml February 19, 2014 (11:31 a.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 11:31 Feb 19, 2014 Jkt 000000 (568456|6) PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\CBOSBO~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\BLACKB~1.XML H