S. 993 — Introduced in Senate

II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 993 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 1, 2017Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Paul, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Sasse, and Mr. Inhofe) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from reclassifying broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Internet Freedom Act. 2. Limitation on authority of FCC (a) In general The rule adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in GN Docket No. 14–28 on February 26, 2015 (relating to broadband Internet access service), shall have no force or effect, and the Commission may not reissue such rule in substantially the same form, or issue a new rule that is substantially the same as such rule, unless the reissued or new rule is specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Rule defined In this section, the term rule has the meaning given the term in section 804 of title 5, United States Code.