To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure internet openness, to prohibit blocking lawful content and non-harmful devices, to prohibit throttling data, to prohibit paid prioritization, to require transparency of network management practices, to provide that broadband shall be considered to be an information service, and to prohibit the Commission or a State commission from relying on section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as a grant of authority.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1101.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 24, February 7, 2019, Page H1464):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1101, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1101

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  43c7536383c0cf0b1e860e15f32c85322ee44ffc27c73c25a6a5ceb42d4b916a

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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