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This bill — the Save the Internet Act of 2019 — would enact the three legacy net neutrality principles by prohibiting internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking, throttling, or engaging in paid prioritization. It’d also aim to close loopholes by empowering the FCC to stop unjust, unreasonable, and discriminatory practices and foster innovation and competition by ensuring fair and equal access to broadband for start-ups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs. It’d also promote deployment and access to broadband for consumers and businesses in rural, suburban, and urban areas across the country.

Under this bill, the FCC would be empowered to assist consumers with complaints against their ISPs and to enforce and fine ISPs for violations. The FCC would also receive expanded authority to:

Promote access and adoption of broadband across the country through universal service funding;
Facilitate broadband deployment by ensuring fair access to utility poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way;
Protect the privacy of ISP customers’ account data; and
Ensure access to service for people with disabilities.

This bill would codify the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order in a similar manner to last year's Congressional Review Act bill, which passed the Senate and had bipartisan support in the House (but didn’t receive a House floor vote).

Currently, without net neutrality rules in place, it’s up to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is charged with ensuring ISPs don’t engage in anti-competitive behavior, to regulate how ISPs handle web traffic.

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