No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act
Latest action · Apr 21, 2016 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431.
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.
- IntroducedJun 4, 2015
- Passed HouseApr 15, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 30, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act
(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from regulating the rates charged for broadband Internet access service.
(Sec. 3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the FCC's authority to: (1) condition receipt of universal service support 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 regulations relating to truth-in-billing requirements or paid prioritization.
(Sec. 4) Broadband Internet access service shall not be construed to include data roaming or interconnection for purposes of this Act.
Recorded votes 3
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 152 | On Passage | Passed241–173 | Apr 15, 2016 |
| House 151 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed173–231 | Apr 15, 2016 |
| House 150 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed179–231 | Apr 15, 2016 |
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 4, 2015 to Mar 21, 2016; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-KS | Mike Pompeo | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
| R-NC | Renee L. Ellmers | Original | Jun 4, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 4, 2015Markup Mar 15, 2016Reported Mar 30, 2016 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Jun 5, 2015Markup Feb 11, 2016Reported Feb 11, 2016 |
Actions 35
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2016Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431.
- Apr 20, 2016Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Apr 18, 2016Received in the Senate.
- Apr 15, 2016Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 672. (consideration: CR H1741-1754)
- Apr 15, 2016Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2666 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed.
In the Congressional Record 7
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House · Senate | Debate and remarks H1899, S2351 | Doug LaMalfa R-CA, Mitch McConnell R-KY | Apr 21, 2016 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2350 | Deb Fischer R-NE | Apr 20, 2016 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E512 | Chris Van Hollen D-MD | Apr 19, 2016 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E500 | Kathy Castor D-FL | Apr 18, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1741–H1754Text printed H1748Amendments H1748, H1749, H1750Motions H1753Recorded votes H1751, H1752, H1754enactMcNerney amendment (ensure continued FCC authority to act in the public interest, convenience, and necessity)Yarmuth amendment (require material in online public inspection file of a covered entity, including political ad buying information, be available in machine-readable format)Rulings of the chair H1753 | Adam Kinzinger R-IL, Anna G. Eshoo D-CA, Billy Long R-MO, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Greg Walden R-OR, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Jerry McNerney D-CA (amendment), John A. Yarmuth D-KY (amendment, motion), John Shimkus R-IL, Kevin Cramer R-ND, Kevin McCarthy R-CA, Leonard Lance R-NJ, Marsha Blackburn R-TN, Peter Welch D-VT, Rick W. Allen R-GA, Steve Scalise R-LA, Yvette D. Clarke D-NY | Apr 15, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 29, 2016H.R. 2666, No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 15, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 89, June 4, 2015, page H3916.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-129 | OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION183 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Mar 22, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-110 | A LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON FOUR COMMUNICATIONS BILLS128 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jan 12, 2016 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40616 | The Federal Net Neutrality Debate: Access to Broadband Networks Archived | Report | Feb 24, 2021 |
| R43971 | Net Neutrality: Selected Legal Issues Raised by the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order Archived | Report | Apr 11, 2016 |
Amendments 2
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 974 | Amendment sought to clarify that nothing in the bill would prevent the FCC from requiring entities that must submit a public inspection file to do so in a machine-readable format which is easily sortable, searchable, and downloadable. | John A. Yarmuth D-KY | On agreeing to the Yarmuth amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 179 - 231 (Roll no. 150). |
| HAmdt 975 | Amendment sought to preserve the FCC's authority to act in the public interest, convenience, and necessity. | Jerry McNerney D-CA | On agreeing to the McNerney amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 173 - 231 (Roll no. 151). |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 672 | 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. | Procedurally related | Apr 13, 2016 |
| S 2283 | Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2016 | Related bill | Dec 9, 2016 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating the rates charged for broadband Internet access service.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2016Placed on Calendar Senate
- Apr 15, 2016Engrossed in House
- Mar 30, 2016Reported in House
- Jun 4, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
