Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act of 2022
This bill expressly classifies broadband internet as a telecommunications service rather than an information service for purposes of regulation by the Federal Communications Commission. (Current law treats providers of telecommunications services as common carriers and subjects them to more stringent requirements.)
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to classify broadband as 
                      telecommunications service.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice 
Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. CLASSIFICATION OF BROADBAND AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.

    Section 3(53) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153(53)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``means the offering'' and inserting the 
        following: ``--
                    ``(A) means the offering''; and
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
        following: ``; and
                    ``(B) includes the offering of broadband internet 
                access service, as defined in section 801, for a fee 
                directly to the public, or to such classes of users as 
                to be effectively available directly to the public, 
                regardless of the facilities used.''.
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Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act of 2022
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to classify broadband as telecommunications service.
Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act of 2022
Rep. Matsui, Doris O.