Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released a discussion draft of a bill...
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released a discussion draft of a bill that would prevent new Internet-related legislation for two years and is asking social website Reddit users for feedback, he said in a Reddit post on Tuesday (http://xrl.us/bn3r2u), linking to…
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the newly released discussion draft of the Internet American Moratorium Act (http://xrl.us/bn3r2w). The bill would disallow the House and Senate from passing “any new legislation for a period of 2 years from the date of enactment of this Act that would require individuals or corporations engaged in activities on the Internet to meet additional requirements or activities” and would prevent federal agencies and departments from enacting any new rules and regulations for two years, starting 90 days after the bill’s passage. The draft includes a national security exemption, which would permit the President to “allow agencies to promulgate rules that have otherwise been suspended by this Act” if there is “an existential threat to the Internet,” according to the text of the bill that was posted on Madison, the crowd-sourcing platform released by Issa’s office at the beginning of the year. According to his post, Issa will begin responding to questions and comments, of which there were almost 200 by our deadline, at 10:30 a.m. EST Wednesday.