House Democrats on Wednesday will introduce a card to reinstate the net neutrality rule repealed by the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) in late 2017 .
In a letter to Democratic colleagues , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the poster , experience as the “ Save the Internet Act , ” will be premise on Wednesday dawning at 11:15 am . Text of the account is not presently available .
The bill will likely seek to reestablish broadband net access as a “ telecommunications service ” under Title II of the Communications Act , a key assignment the Republican - moderate FCC voted to abandon in late 2017 . The change to Title II classification gave the FCC the bureau in 2015 to protect on-line byplay and consumer against any unreasonable practice of broadband provider .
The 2015 order also adumbrate legion practices that the Obama - era commission consider unreasonable . That included the ability of broadband providers to selectively parry or throttle websites and services . It also banned system of bear prioritization , in which ISPs are allowed to take which inspection and repair are the quick to access code for consumers , charging companies extra fees for the privilege .
In December 2017 , the FCC ’s three GOP commissioners , conduct by Chairman Ajit Pai , vote to vacate those protections in a party - line vote . The vote was , in heart , a decision by Republicans to belittle their own agency ’s authority to protect consumers , while claiming that — despiteevidenceto thecontrary — oversight was hamper industry innovation .
“ The invoice is n’t out yet , but we hope it will give a congressional stamp of approval to the FCC ’s 2015 Net Neutrality rules and the whole Open Internet Order , ” say Timothy Karr , senior theatre director of strategy and communications at Free Press . “ That ’s crucial , because the legal framework already in Title II is the baseline for guaranteeing the full reach of protections necessitate by net exploiter , including overpowering absolute majority of popular and Republican voters . ”
The travail to pass the “ Save the Internet Act ” in the Senate is being led by Senator Ed Markey , his spokesperson said .
In belated 2017 , the Senate passed a closure to overturn the FCC ’s net neutrality annulment under the Congressional Review Act . But the House , then controlled by the GOP , did not take up the solvent in time .
The FCC repeal is also currently being challenged in the D.C. Circuit by dozens of petitioner , including the Mozilla Corporation , Public Knowledge , Free Press , the Open Technology Institute at New America , and 21 state lawyer worldwide .
Update , 5:15pm : add remark from Tim Karr of Free Press .
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