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H.R.2420
Sponsor: Rep Tauzin, W. J. (Billy)(introduced 7/1/1999)
Latest Major Action: 7/21/1999 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To deregulate the Internet and high speed data services, and for other purposes.
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STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
7/1/1999:
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
7/21/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
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COSPONSORS(224), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 11/18/1999 Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 9/14/2000
Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 3/15/2000 Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 11/17/1999
Rep Baca, Joe - 4/11/2000 Rep Bachus, Spencer - 9/9/1999
Rep Baker, Richard H. - 7/15/1999 Rep Baldacci, John Elias - 9/9/1999
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 3/15/2000 Rep Barcia, James A. - 7/1/1999
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. - 8/4/1999 Rep Barton, Joe - 7/1/1999
Rep Bass, Charles F. - 11/18/1999 Rep Bentsen, Ken - 11/17/1999
Rep Berry, Marion - 9/14/2000 Rep Bilirakis, Michael - 7/22/1999
Rep Bishop, Sanford D. Jr. - 11/9/1999 Rep Blagojevich, Rod R. - 10/28/1999
Rep Blunt, Roy - 7/1/1999 Rep Boehner, John A. - 3/22/2000
Rep Bonilla, Henry - 7/1/1999 Rep Bonior, David E. - 7/1/1999
Rep Borski, Robert A. - 6/8/2000 Rep Boucher, Rick - 7/1/1999
Rep Boyd, Allen - 8/3/1999 Rep Brady, Kevin - 9/15/1999
Rep Brady, Robert - 10/28/1999 Rep Brown, Corrine - 7/22/1999
Rep Bryant, Ed - 7/1/1999 Rep Burr, Richard - 7/1/1999
Rep Buyer, Steve E. - 10/26/1999 Rep Callahan, Sonny - 8/4/1999
Rep Calvert, Ken - 9/30/1999 Rep Camp, Dave - 5/25/2000
Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 2/16/2000 Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. - 10/19/1999
Rep Carson, Julia - 10/21/1999 Rep Chenoweth-Hage, Helen - 7/10/2000
Rep Clay, William (Bill) - 2/16/2000 Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 11/17/1999
Rep Clement, Bob - 3/29/2000 Rep Coburn, Tom A. - 3/15/2000
Rep Collins, Mac - 11/18/1999 Rep Condit, Gary A. - 11/18/1999
Rep Cook, Merrill - 9/15/1999 Rep Cooksey, John - 10/19/1999
Rep Costello, Jerry F. - 3/15/2000 Rep Crowley, Joseph - 9/14/2000
Rep Cubin, Barbara - 7/10/2000 Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 9/9/1999
Rep Cunningham, Randy (Duke) - 2/16/2000 Rep Danner, Pat - 5/25/2000
Rep Davis, Danny K. - 11/9/1999 Rep Deal, Nathan - 7/1/1999
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 6/8/2000 Rep DeLay, Tom - 11/22/1999
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln - 7/29/1999 Rep Dickey, Jay - 4/11/2000
Rep Dicks, Norman D. - 7/1/1999 Rep Dingell, John D. - 7/1/1999
Rep Doolittle, John T. - 3/15/2000 Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. - 10/19/1999
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann - 3/15/2000 Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 5/25/2000
Rep English, Phil - 10/19/1999 Rep Etheridge, Bob - 7/1/1999
Rep Everett, Terry - 9/9/1999 Rep Ewing, Thomas W. - 2/8/2000
Rep Farr, Sam - 10/25/1999 Rep Filner, Bob - 4/11/2000
Rep Fletcher, Ernest L. - 9/15/1999 Rep Foley, Mark - 7/22/1999
Rep Ford, Harold, Jr. - 9/24/1999 Rep Fossella, Vito - 7/1/1999
Rep Frost, Martin - 11/10/1999 Rep Gallegly, Elton - 5/11/2000
Rep Ganske, Greg - 7/1/1999 Rep Gibbons, Jim - 9/30/1999
Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. - 7/29/1999 Rep Gillmor, Paul E. - 7/1/1999
Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. - 5/25/2000 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 7/15/1999
Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. - 5/25/2000 Rep Goodlatte, Bob - 7/10/2000
Rep Goodling, William F. - 9/15/1999 Rep Graham, Lindsey O. - 7/1/1999
Rep Granger, Kay - 7/10/2000 Rep Green, Gene - 7/20/1999
Rep Green, Mark - 10/28/1999 Rep Greenwood, James C. - 7/1/1999
Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 7/10/2000 Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 7/20/1999
Rep Hayes, Robin - 7/1/1999 Rep Hayworth, J. D. - 5/11/2000
Rep Hill, Baron P. - 4/11/2000 Rep Hill, Rick - 7/1/1999
Rep Hilleary, Van - 11/22/1999 Rep Hilliard, Earl F. - 7/20/1999
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben - 9/30/1999 Rep Holden, Tim - 10/28/1999
Rep Hostettler, John N. - 5/11/2000 Rep Hulshof, Kenny C. - 2/8/2000
Rep Hunter, Duncan - 3/22/2000 Rep Isakson, Johnny - 8/3/1999
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 9/30/1999 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 2/8/2000
Rep Jefferson, William J. - 11/1/1999 Rep John, Christopher - 10/28/1999
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 11/10/1999 Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 2/16/2000
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. - 8/3/1999 Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. - 2/8/2000
Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 7/22/1999 Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 11/10/1999
Rep Kind, Ron - 11/10/1999 Rep King, Peter T. - 7/22/1999
Rep Kleczka, Gerald D. - 3/22/2000 Rep Knollenberg, Joe - 3/15/2000
Rep Kuykendall, Steven T. - 10/28/1999 Rep Lampson, Nick - 9/23/1999
Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 3/15/2000 Rep Levin, Sander M. - 10/28/1999
Rep Lewis, Jerry - 9/14/2000 Rep Lewis, John - 7/1/1999
Rep Lewis, Ron - 7/29/1999 Rep Lipinski, William O. - 3/15/2000
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. - 11/9/1999 Rep Lucas, Ken - 8/5/1999
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 11/18/1999 Rep Maloney, James H. - 6/8/2000
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. - 5/25/2000 Rep Martinez, Matthew G. - 9/23/1999
Rep Matsui, Robert T. - 5/11/2000 Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 5/25/2000
Rep McCrery, Jim - 8/5/1999 Rep McDermott, Jim - 11/9/1999
Rep McGovern, James P. - 2/16/2000 Rep McHugh, John M. - 5/25/2000
Rep McInnis, Scott - 6/8/2000 Rep McIntosh, David M. - 10/19/1999
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 10/26/1999 Rep Meek, Carrie P. - 7/29/1999
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 7/15/1999 Rep Menendez, Robert - 11/9/1999
Rep Metcalf, Jack - 8/5/1999 Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 11/17/1999
Rep Miller, Gary - 3/22/2000 Rep Moakley, John Joseph - 10/19/1999
Rep Mollohan, Alan B. - 11/9/1999 Rep Morella, Constance A. - 10/19/1999
Rep Murtha, John P. - 10/21/1999 Rep Myrick, Sue - 7/1/1999
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 3/15/2000 Rep Neal, Richard E. - 3/22/2000
Rep Ney, Robert W. - 7/21/1999 Rep Northup, Anne - 9/9/1999
Rep Norwood, Charlie - 7/1/1999 Rep Olver, John W. - 5/11/2000
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. - 11/18/1999 Rep Oxley, Michael G. - 7/1/1999
Rep Packard, Ron - 10/19/1999 Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 2/16/2000
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 10/25/1999 Rep Peterson, John E. - 8/5/1999
Rep Petri, Thomas E. - 4/11/2000 Rep Phelps, David D. - 11/17/1999
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. - 11/9/1999 Rep Pombo, Richard W. - 9/9/1999
Rep Porter, John Edward - 6/8/2000 Rep Pryce, Deborah - 11/17/1999
Rep Quinn, Jack - 10/28/1999 Rep Radanovich, George P. - 10/25/1999
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 10/5/1999 Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 3/29/2000
Rep Reyes, Silvestre - 10/5/1999 Rep Reynolds, Thomas M. - 7/1/1999
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro - 9/30/1999 Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana - 7/21/1999
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 7/1/1999 Rep Ryan, Paul - 10/5/1999
Rep Ryun, Jim - 3/15/2000 Rep Salmon, Matt - 11/17/1999
Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 9/9/1999 Rep Sandlin, Max - 9/23/1999
Rep Sawyer, Tom - 9/15/1999 Rep Saxton, Jim - 10/28/1999
Rep Scarborough, Joe - 2/16/2000 Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 5/25/2000
Rep Sessions, Pete - 7/1/1999 Rep Shadegg, John B. - 7/1/1999
Rep Sherman, Brad - 5/25/2000 Rep Sherwood, Don - 11/18/1999
Rep Shimkus, John - 7/1/1999 Rep Shuster, Bud - 5/11/2000
Rep Simpson, Michael K. - 11/9/1999 Rep Skeen, Joe - 3/22/2000
Rep Smith, Adam - 9/15/1999 Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 5/11/2000
Rep Smith, Lamar - 6/8/2000 Rep Souder, Mark E. - 5/11/2000
Rep Stenholm, Charles W. - 2/8/2000 Rep Stump, Bob - 3/15/2000
Rep Sununu, John E. - 2/8/2000 Rep Sweeney, John E. - 7/1/1999
Rep Talent, James M. - 2/16/2000 Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. - 9/14/2000
Rep Taylor, Charles H. - 10/5/1999 Rep Terry, Lee - 7/1/1999
Rep Thornberry, William (Mac) - 9/23/1999 Rep Thune, John R. - 7/10/2000
Rep Tiahrt, Todd - 3/29/2000 Rep Turner, Jim - 2/16/2000
Rep Visclosky, Peter J. - 11/9/1999 Rep Vitter, David - 8/5/1999
Rep Walsh, James T. - 5/11/2000 Rep Watkins, Wes - 10/19/1999
Rep Weldon, Curt - 10/21/1999 Rep Weldon, Dave - 9/15/1999
Rep Weller, Jerry - 3/22/2000 Rep Wexler, Robert - 7/29/1999
Rep Weygand, Robert A. - 2/8/2000 Rep Whitfield, Ed - 7/15/1999
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 7/1/1999 Rep Young, Don - 5/11/2000
Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. - 7/15/1999(withdrawn - 11/18/1999) Rep Owens, Major R. - 10/21/1999(withdrawn - 11/16/1999)

SUMMARY AS OF:
7/1/1999--Introduced.

Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 1999 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to define "high speed data service" as a service capable of transmitting electronic information at a rate generally not less than 384 kilobits per second in at least one direction.

Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and each State, except as expressly provided in this Act, from regulating the rates, charges, terms or conditions for, or entry into the provision of, any high speed data service or Internet access service, or to regulate the facilities used in the provision of such service. Prohibits the FCC from requiring an incumbent (established) local exchange carrier to: (1) provide unbundled access to any network elements used in the provision of any high speed data service, other than those elements described in FCC regulations; or (2) offer for resale at wholesale rates any high speed data service.

States that nothing in this Act shall: (1) limit or affect the authority of any State to regulate voice telephone exchange services; (2) affect the ability of the FCC to retain or modify the exemption from interstate access charges for enhanced service providers; or (3) prohibit the FCC from modifying the regulation concerning the number of networks subject to its unbundling requirement.

Requires each incumbent local exchange carrier to provide: (1) Internet users with the ability to subscribe to and have access to any Internet service provider that interconnects with such carrier's high speed data service; (2) any Internet service provider with the right to acquire necessary facilities and services to facilitate such interconnection; and (3) any Internet service provider with the ability to collocate equipment in order to achieve such interconnection.

Includes high speed data service or Internet access service within the definition of "incidental interLATA services" permitted for a Bell operating company (BOC). States that, until the date a BOC is authorized to offer interLATA services originating in an in-region State, such BOC offering any high speed data service or Internet access service may not, in such State, bill or collect for interLATA voice telecommunications service obtained by means of such high speed data or Internet access service provided by such company.