,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djgj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ba1 #bjad 
,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself1 ,mr4     
,duncan of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4       
,cramer1 ,mr4 ,shimkus1 ,mr4 ,scalise1  
and ,mr4 ,latta7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,federal    
,communications ,commission from        
regulating certain network management   
practices of broadband ,internet access 
service providers4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,internet
 ,freedom ,act4  #b4 ,limitation on     
authority of ,,fcc  7a7 ,in general ,the
 regulations adopted by the ,federal    
,communications ,commission in the      
,report and ,order in the matter of     
preserving the open ,internet and       
broadband industry practices 7,,fcc     
#aj-bja2 adopted ,december #ba1 #bjaj7  
shall have no force or effect1 and the  
,commission may not reissue such        

regulations in substantially the same   
form1 or issue new regulations that are 
substantially the same as such          
regulations1 unless the reissued or new 
regulations are specifically authorized 
by a law enacted after the date of the  
enactment of this ,act4  7b7 ,exception 
,this section does not apply to any     
regulations that the ,federal           
,communications ,commission determines  
necessary--  7#a7 to prevent damage to  
the national security of the ,united    
,states2  7#b7 to ensure the public     
safety2 or  7#c7 to assist or facilitate
 any actions taken by a ,federal or     
,state law enforcement agency4