http://www.electronista.com/articles/15/01/16/unnamed.measure.prohibits.paid.prioritization.but.also.strips.fcc.of.706.authority/
"This would suggest that, should the bill pass, the stated goals of the law would be completely unenforceable due to previous court precedent and the bill's stripping of authority from the FCC. This may possibly be the actual goal of the legislation, which was put forth by Representative Fred Upton (R-MI) head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Senator John Thune (R-SD), head of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Republicans and most large ISPs have been strongly opposed to the notion of Title II regulation of carriers, and the bill could be a toothless attempt to take such regulation off the table but replace it with reduced FCC authority and no other enforcement mechanism for the bill's stated goals.
The bill calls for a number of admirable ideas, including blocking all data throttling or "paid prioritization" deals, but Section 2 of the proposal amends Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 with a new subsection (d) that says, "No Grant of Authority - The Commission or a State commission with regulatory jurisdiction over telecommunications services and may not rely on this section as a grant of authority." This would effectively prohibit the FCC from being able to take any meaningful action on consumer complaints of ISP misbehavior or abuse.
Section 706 isn't only what the FCC used to establish net neutrality rules -- removing section 706 authority from the FCC would also stymie action on petitions submitted to the FCC from some 20 states where local legislation is considered to be blocking the build-out of municipal broadband networks in areas that are under or unserved by ISPs who don't consider the areas profitable enough."
Repuglican DOUBLESPEAK!
Veto the sucker, Obama!
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