The Internet is a powerful international communications tool; how does the 114th Congress plan to change how it's governed? In this episode, learn about the bills that are moving through Congress that could have a direct effect on the future of the Internet. Please support Congressional Dish: Click here to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin; click the PayPal "Make it Monthly" checkbox to create a monthly subscription Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Bills Highlighted in This Episode H.R. 2666: No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act Bill Highlights Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from regulating the rates charged for Internet access The FCC can regulate rates of a company that accepts Federal government money for universal service This bill does not apply to data roaming and interconnection Votes Passed the House of Representatives 241-173 Author Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) Organizations Lobbying For This Bill AT&T Comcast US Telecom Association Time Warner H.R. 4596: Small Business Broadband Deployment Act Bill Highlights Paragraphs 162 through 184 of the FCC's net neutrality order will not apply to small businesses for 5 years Information the "small businesses" would be exempt from having to provide customers includes: Information about promotional rates, including the duration of the promotion and the full monthly charge the customer will incur after the promotion expires All one-time and/or recurring fees, including modem rental fees, installation charges, service charges, and early termination fees. Actual network performance A "small business" is one that has fewer than 250,000 subscribers Votes Passed the House of Representatives 411-0 Author Rep. Greg Walden (OR-2) Organizations Lobbying For This Bill Cellular Telecom & Internet Association US Telecom Association H.R. 699: Email Privacy Act Bill Highlights Prohibits electronic communication services from disclosing the contents of communications that the company is holding or maintaining (without this bill, only communications "stored" would be protected). Eliminates the current law that allows the government to access using only subpoenas (as opposed to warrants) for electronic communications that have been stored more than 180 days Replaces the 180 divider with new text that requires warrants regardless of the amount of time the information is stored. Allows the electronic communication services to notify their customers of a received warrant, court order, subpoena, or request, if they want to. Expands the amount of time the government may delay notification of customers about a warrant, subpoena, order, or other directive from 90 days to 180 days. Eliminates a current provision of law that requires the government to inform the customer about the information the government requested and why the notification was delayed. Vote Passed the House of Representatives 419-0 Author Rep. Kevin Yoder (KS-3) Organizations Lobbying For This Bill Yahoo Google AT&T Facebook Twitter Deutsche Bank H.R. 805: DOTCOM Act of 2015 Bill Highlights Prohibits the transition of NTIA's functions in Internet domain name registry until 30 days after Congress receives a report outlining the transition plan. Votes Passed the House of Representatives 378-25 Author Rep. John Shimkus(IL-15) Organizations that lobbyed on H.R. 805 Verisign Sound Clip Sources Hearing: Privatizing the Internet Assigned Number Authority (not available on C-SPAN), House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, March 17, 2016. Hearing: Stakeholder Perspectives on the IANA Transition (not available on C-SPAN), House Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, May 13, 2015. Hearing: Email Privacy Act, House Judici