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Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025
To amend section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the destruction of broadband internet access service.
Summary
This bill amends federal criminal law to add broadband internet access service facilities to the list of communications infrastructure whose destruction is prohibited. It expands the prohibition to cover destruction by any person or entity, not just federal systems, and removes a limitation that the law only applied to military or civil defense purposes. The bill defines broadband internet access service to include mass-market retail services that provide internet connectivity, excluding dial-up services.
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Sponsor (1)
25 cosponsors
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA)
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY)
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] (R-TX)
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] (R-TX)
- Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7] (R-SC)
- Rep. Goldman, Craig A. [R-TX-12] (R-TX)
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Rep. Kiley, Kevin [I-CA-3] (I-CA)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA)
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL)
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] (R-TX)
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA)
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO)
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA)
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX)
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA)
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA)
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX)
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX)
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Laurel M. Lee’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $87,600
- HOSPITALITY SOUTH $13,200
- ICI HOMES $13,200
- WEATHERFORD CAPITAL $13,200
- ASHLEY FURNITURE $9,900
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Laurel M. Lee → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Apr 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Apr 9, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 9, 2025
Ms. Lee of Florida (for herself and Mr. Veasey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the destruction of broadband internet access 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 “Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING DESTRUCTION OF BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.
Section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting “, including facilities used to provide broadband internet access service” after “means of communication”;
(2) by inserting “or by any other person or entity” after “operated or controlled by the United States”;
(3) by striking “used or intended to be used for the military or civil defense functions of the United States”; and
(4) by adding at the end the following: “For purposes of this section, the term ‘broadband internet access service’—
“(1) means a mass-market retail service by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of the communications service, but excluding dial-up internet access service; and
“(2) includes any service that the Federal Communications Commission finds to be providing a functional equivalent of the service described in paragraph (1).”. <all>
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