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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission entitled "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services." The rule published on December 2, 2016: (1) applies the customer privacy requirements of the Communications Act of 1934 to broadband Internet access service and other telecommunications services, (2) requires telecommunications carriers to inform customers about rights to opt in or opt out of the use or the sharing of their confidential information, (3) adopts data security and breach notification requirements, (4) prohibits broadband service offerings that are contingent on surrendering privacy rights, and (5) requires disclosures and affirmative consent when a broadband provider offers customers financial incentives in exchange for the provider's right to use a customer's confidential information.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S.J.Res. 34 as public Law on Apr 3, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Mar 23, 2017Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMar 28, 2017
House Mar 28, 2017 · the primary vote
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services”
Passed
215 Yea 205 Nay 9 not voting
Party-line vote 15 of 420 voting members broke with their own party: 15 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
429 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S.J.Res. 34 and vote against it. 22 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named S.J.Res. 34 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
152 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-04. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.