,,ib  ,house ,calendar ,no4 #ba  #aacth 
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #aehj
  ,report ,no4 #aac-ej  ,,in ,,the      
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,april  
#af1 #bjac ,mr4 ,walden 7for himself1   
,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,hall1 ,mr4 ,lance1   
,mr4 ,gardner1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4        
,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,long1 ,mr4     
,kinzinger of ,illinois1 ,mr4           
,bilirakis1 ,mrs4 ,ellmers1 ,mrs4       
,christensen1 ,mr4 ,mc,kinley1 ,mr4     
,dingell1 ,mr4 ,gene ,green of ,texas1  
,mr4 ,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,pompeo1 ,mr4       
,shimkus1 ,mr4 ,latta1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1   
,mr4 ,royce1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mr4         
,scalise1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,rogers
 of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,burgess1 ,mr4      
,murphy of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,terry1  
,mr4 ,poe of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,gingrey of   
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,barton1 and
 ,mr4 ,pitts7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce     
,may #c1 #bjac ,referred to the ,house  
,calendar and ordered to be printed  ,a 

,,bill  ,to affirm the policy of the    
,united ,states regarding ,internet     
governance4  #a4 ,findings ,the         
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,given the importance of the ,internet  
to the global economy1 it is essential  
that the ,internet remain stable1       
secure1 and free from government        
control4  7#b7 ,the world deserves the  
access to knowledge1 services1 commerce1
 and communication1 the accompanying    
benefits to economic development1       
education1 and health care1 and the     
informed discussion that is the bedrock 
of democratic self-government that the  
,internet provides4  7#c7 ,the structure
 of ,internet governance has profound   
implications for competition and trade1 
democratization1 free expression1 and   
access to information4  7#d7 ,countries 
have obligations to protect human       
rights1 whether exercised online or     
offline4  7#e7 ,the ability to innovate1
 develop technical capacity1 grasp      
economic opportunities1 and promote     

freedom of expression online is best    
realized in cooperation with all        
stakeholders4  7#f7 ,proposals have     
been1 and will likely continue to be1   
put forward at international regulatory 
bodies that would fundamentally alter   
the governance and operation of the     
,internet4  7#g7 ,the proposals would   
attempt to justify increased government 
control over the ,internet and could    
undermine the current multistakeholder  
model that has enabled the ,internet to 
flourish and under which the private    
sector1 civil society1 academia1 and    
individual users play an important role 
in charting its direction4  7#h7 ,the   
proposals would diminish the freedom of 
expression on the ,internet in favor of 
government control over content4  7#i7  
,the position of the ,united ,states    
,government has been and is to advocate 
for the flow of information free from   
government control4  7#aj7 ,this        
,administration and past                
,administrations have made a strong     

commitment to the multistakeholder model
 of ,internet governance and the        
promotion of the global benefits of the 
,internet4  #b4 ,policy regarding       
,internet governance ,it is the policy  
of the ,united ,states to preserve and  
advance the successful multistakeholder 
model that governs the ,internet4  ,may 
#c1 #bjac ,referred to the ,house       
,calendar and ordered to be printed