No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3346 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3346

 To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating the 
          rates charged for broadband internet access service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2021

Mr. Kinzinger 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 the 
          rates charged for broadband internet access 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 ``No Rate Regulation of Broadband 
Internet Access Act''.

SEC. 2. REGULATION OF BROADBAND RATES PROHIBITED.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal 
Communications Commission may not regulate the rates charged for 
broadband internet access service.

SEC. 3. EXCEPTIONS.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the authority of 
the Commission to--
            (1) condition receipt of universal service support under 
        section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) 
        by a provider of broadband internet access service on the 
        regulation of the rates charged by such provider for the 
        supported service; or
            (2) enforce subpart Y of part 64 of title 47, Code of 
        Federal Regulations (relating to truth-in-billing 
        requirements).

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Broadband internet access service.--The term 
        ``broadband internet access service'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 8.1 of title 47, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (3) Rate.--The term ``rate'' means the amount charged by a 
        provider of broadband internet access service for the delivery 
        of broadband internet traffic.
            (4) Regulation.--The term ``regulation'' or ``regulate'' 
        means, with respect to a rate, the use by the Commission of 
        rulemaking or enforcement authority to establish, declare, or 
        review the reasonableness of such rate.
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