Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-7) introduced legislation Wednesday to deny the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulatory oversight over the Internet, which the Tennessee Republican insisted was the “sole prerogative of Congress” to administer.
“I agree that the Internet faces a number of challenge, ” Blackburn said in a release. “Only Congress can address those challenges without compounding them. Until we do, the FCC and other federal bureaucracies should keep their hands off the ‘net.”
According to Rep. Blackburn’s office, the “Internet Freedom Act” has the support of more than 60 House members, including a majority of GOP’ers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The text for H.R. 96, has not been received by the GPO web site, but the latest title is To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from further regulating the Internet.
Representative Cliff Stearns (R-FL-6) has introduced H.R. 166, To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating information services or Internet access services absent a market failure, and for other purposes. The text for this legislation, also, has not yet been provided to the GPO for publication, so it is difficult to assess what “other purposes” the bill could be for.
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