,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdfa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bf1       
#bjbd,mr4 ,van ,drew introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,communications
 ,act of #aicd to prohibit providers of 
broadband internet access service from  
charging consumers above certain amounts
 for certain equipment4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,broadband ,equipment ,rental ,reform   
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on charging     
consumers above certain amounts for     
certain rented equipment ,section #fdb  
of the ,communications ,act of #aicd    
7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #efb7 is amended-- 7#a7  
by redesignating subsection 7d7 as      
subsection 7e72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7c7 the following3  7d7
 ,prohibition on charging consumers     
above certain amounts for certain       
equipment ,a provider of fixed broadband
 internet access service that enters    

into a contract with a consumer after   
the date of the enactment of this       
paragraph for the provision of such     
service may not charge the consumer for 
renting1 leasing1 or otherwise providing
 to the consumer equipment 7such as a   
router or modem7 employed on the        
premises of the consumer for the        
provision of such service1 if the       
consumer has paid to the provider       
through monthly rental fees the price   
offered to the consumer by the provider 
7at the time the contract was entered   
into7 for purchasing the equipment from 
the provider4  4