Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 530 To provide that certain actions by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 14, 2019 Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide that certain actions by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accelerating 4 Broadband Development by Empowering Local Commu- 5 nities Act of 2019’’. 6 SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS OF STATE AND LOCAL 7 GOVERNMENTS. 8 Actions by the Federal Communications Commission 9 in ‘‘Accelerating Wireless and Wireline Broadband De- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Jan 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H530.IH H530 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 530 IH ployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Invest- 1 ment’’ (83 Fed. Reg. 51867) and the Federal Communica- 2 tions Commission’s Declaratory Ruling in ‘‘Third Report 3 and Order and Declaratory Ruling’’ (FCC 18–111) shall 4 have no force or effect. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Jan 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H530.IH H530 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS