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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 117
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
A RESOLUTION
To memorialize the president of the United States, the United States Congress, and the
Federal Communications Commission to refrain from regulating Internet broadband
services as common carrier services under Title II of the Communications Act of
1934.
WHEREAS, due in large part to the unregulated efforts of private enterprise over the
past twenty-five years, the development of the Internet has dramatically transformed the way
Louisiana citizens work, live, and learn; and
WHEREAS, the deployment of efficient, fast, and reliable broadband networks
throughout the state has created thousands of jobs and many benefits for local economies;
and
WHEREAS, in order to encourage the growth and development of the Internet, the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) historically has refrained from regulating
broadband Internet services as common carrier services under Title II of the
Communications Act of 1934; and
WHEREAS, as a result, the United States has been at the forefront of technological,
business, and social innovation on the Internet; and
WHEREAS, on May 6, 2010, the chairman of the FCC announced a policy to
reclassify broadband Internet services as common carrier services so that they can be more
tightly regulated, with a proposal to forebear from imposing certain common carrier
obligations on broadband Internet providers; and
WHEREAS, using antiquated provisions of Title II of the Communications Act of
1934 to regulate the Internet will slow investment in Louisiana's Internet broadband
infrastructure and jeopardize future job growth. SR NO. 117 ENROLLED
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
memorializes the president of the United States, the United States Congress, and the Federal
Communications Commission to refrain from regulating Internet broadband services as
common carrier services under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
president of the United States, to the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of
Representatives of the United States Congress, to each member of the Louisiana
congressional delegation, and to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE