US Congress House Bill 2136 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on April 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits broadband internet access service providers from (1) blocking lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices; or (2) throttling lawful internet traffic on the basis of internet content, application, or service, or use of a non-harmful device. Providers may offer specialized services, which operate over the same network and share network capacity with the broadband internet access service, so long as such service offerings do not threaten the availability of broadband internet access service or evade the purposes of the bill.

Open Internet Preservation Act

Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]

Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2019-04-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-04-08	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2136/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2136/BILLS-116hr2136ih.pdf