HR 5353 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008

Introduced Feb 12, 2008 Originated House Sponsor Edward J. Markey D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 6, 2008 Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 12, 2008
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to declare that it is U.S. policy to: (1) maintain the freedom to use broadband telecommunications networks, including the Internet, without unreasonable interference from or discrimination by network operators; (2) enable the United States to preserve its global leadership in online commerce and technological innovation; (3) promote the open and interconnected nature of broadband networks that enable consumers to reach, and service providers to offer, content, applications, and services of their choosing; and (4) guard against unreasonable discriminatory favoritism for, or degradation of, content by network operators based upon its source, ownership, or destination on the Internet.

Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to commence a proceeding on broadband services and consumer rights, including assessing whether broadband network providers: (1) refrain from unreasonably interfering with the ability of consumers to access, use, send, receive, or offer content, applications, or services of their choice, and attach or connect their choice of devices; and (2) add charges for quality of service to certain Internet applications and service providers.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2008 to Sep 26, 2008, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MSCharles W. "Chip" PickeringOriginalFeb 12, 2008
D-CAAnna G. EshooMay 1, 2008
D-MABarney FrankMay 1, 2008
D-CAGeorge MillerMay 1, 2008
D-CAJane HarmanMay 1, 2008
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyMay 1, 2008
D-WAJay InsleeMay 1, 2008
D-PAJoe SestakMay 1, 2008
D-MNKeith EllisonMay 1, 2008
D-MNTimothy J. WalzMay 1, 2008
D-CAZoe LofgrenMay 1, 2008
D-INAndré CarsonJun 19, 2008
D-PAMichael F. DoyleJun 19, 2008
D-NYNita M. LoweyJun 19, 2008
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterJul 29, 2008
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 6, 2008Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  2. Feb 12, 2008Introduced in House
  3. Feb 12, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Feb 12, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 12, 2008Introduced in House

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