On May 7,
Senator John Kennedy (R-La), filed
S.2510 - "The
Open Internet Preservation Act." S.2510 has been referred to the Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Sen. Kennedy’s bill is a
companion to H.R.
4642. The latter bill was introduced in December 2017 by Rep. Marsha
Blackburn, Chairman of the House
Communications and Technology Subcommittee.
If passed, S.2510/H.R. 4642 would
establish bright-line rules prohibiting broadband Internet access service providers
from: (1) blocking lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful
devices; and from (2) impairing or degrading lawful Internet traffic on the
basis of content, application, service, or use of a non-harmful device. The
prohibitions contained in both rules would be subject to reasonable network
management exceptions.
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