Joint Resolution in House Would Repeal FCC's New Title II Order

On May 23, Rep. Bob Latta announced that he had introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the FCC's Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet Order. By a 3-2 vote, the Commission reclassified broadband Internet access services as "telecommunications services" under Title II of the Communications Act, subjecting advanced broadband networks to public utility regulation. 

Rep. Latta deserves credit for introducing this CRA joint resolution. The House of Representatives should give the legislation due consideration. 

 

The CRA provides a fast-track process for Congress to repeal new agency regulations. For helpful background on the CRA in the context of broadband regulatory policy, see FSF Board of Academic Advisors' Member Daniel Lyons' June 2018 Perspectives from FSF Scholars, "The Congressional Review Act and the Toxic Politics of Net Neutrality."

 

The Free State Foundation filed public comments and reply comments with the FCC in opposition to public utility regulation. Several Perspectives from FSF Scholars have been published critiquing the imposition of public utility restrictions on broadband Internet networks," including my May 21 Perspectives, "The FCC's New Title II Order Allows Harmful Rate Regulation."