Lower Internet Costs Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5550 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5550 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations requiring providers of broadband service to state the aggregate price for such service and prohibiting providers of broadband service from charging certain fees, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 23, 2025 Mr. Harder of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations requiring providers of broadband service to state the aggregate price for such service and prohibiting providers of broadband service from charging certain fees, and for other purposes. 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 ``Lower Internet Costs Act''. SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF AGGREGATE PRICE FOR BROADBAND SERVICE; CERTAIN FEES PROHIBITED. Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 723. STATEMENT OF AGGREGATE PRICE FOR BROADBAND SERVICE; CERTAIN FEES PROHIBITED. ``(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Commission shall promulgate regulations that-- ``(1) require a provider of broadband service-- ``(A) to state the aggregate price for such service as a clear, easy-to-understand, and accurate single line item on the bill of a subscriber; and ``(B) if such provider communicates a price for such service in any promotional materials, to state