Congress to Grapple With Questions of Net Neutrality, Broadband, IoT, CRS Says
Net neutrality is one tech issue that Congress will still grapple with, the Congressional Research Service said in a report dated last week. “A consensus on the net neutrality issue remains elusive,” CRS said, listing several issues that lawmakers wrangle…
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with in the telecom and tech space. It also addresses cybersecurity, broadband deployment and IoT issues. “The 115th Congress may address a range of broadband-related issues,” CRS said. “These may include the continued transition of the telephone-era Universal Service Fund from a voice to a broadband-based focus, infrastructure legislation that may include incentives for broadband buildout, reauthorization of the broadband loan program in the farm bill, the development of new wireless spectrum policies, and to what extent, if any, regulation is necessary to ensure an open Internet.” Lawmakers could take on examination of “the existing regulatory structure and consider possible revision of the 1996 Telecommunications Act and its underlying statute, the Communications Act of 1934,” CRS said, noting the IP transition’s influence in motivating discussion of these issues.