H.R. 2784
119th CONGRESS 1st Session
To amend section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the destruction of broadband internet access service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · April 9, 2025 · Sponsor: Ms. Lee of Florida · Committee: Committee on the Judiciary
Table of contents
SEC. 1. Short title
- This Act may be cited as the Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025.
SEC. 2. Prohibiting destruction of broadband internet access service
- Section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
- by inserting after ;
- by striking ; and
- For purposes of this section, the term —
broadband internet access service- means a mass-market retail service by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of the communications service, but excluding dial-up internet access service; and
- includes any service that the Federal Communications Commission finds to be providing a functional equivalent of the service described in paragraph (1).
- For purposes of this section, the term —
- by adding at the end the following: