12 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SECTION 230.
13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 230 of the Communica14 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230) is repealed.
15 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
16 (1) COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934.—The Com17 munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is
18 amended—
19 (A) in section 223(h) (47 U.S.C. 223(h)),
20 by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol21 lowing:
22 ‘‘(2) The term ‘interactive computer service’
23 means any information service, system, or access
24 software provider that provides or enables computer
25 access by multiple users to a computer server, in-
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1 cluding specifically a service or system that provides
2 access to the Internet and such systems operated or
3 services offered by libraries or educational institu4 tions.’’; and
5 (B) in section 231(b)(4) (47 U.S.C.
6 231(b)(4)), by striking ‘‘or section 230’’.
7 (2) TRADEMARK ACT OF 1946.—Section 45 of
8 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the registra9 tion and protection of trademarks used in commerce,
10 to carry out the provisions of certain international
11 conventions, and for other purposes’’, approved July
12 5, 1946 (commonly known as the ‘‘Trademark Act
13 of 1946’’) (15 U.S.C. 1127) is amended by striking
14 the definition relating to the term ‘‘Internet’’ and in15 serting the following:
16 ‘‘The term ‘Internet’ means the international com17 puter network of both Federal and non-Federal interoper18 able packet switched data networks.’’.
19 (3) TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section
20 1401 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by
21 striking subsection (g).
22 (4) TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.—Part I of
23 title 18, United States Code, is amended—
24 (A) in section 2257(h)(2)(B)(v), by strik25 ing ‘‘, except that deletion of a particular com-
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1 munication or material made by another person
2 in a manner consistent with section 230(c) of
3 the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
4 230(c)) shall not constitute such selection or al5 teration of the content of the communication’’;
6 and
7 (B) in section 2421A—
8 (i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(as
9 such term is defined in defined in section
10 230(f) the Communications Act of 1934
11 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)))’’ and inserting ‘‘(as
12 that term is defined in section 223 of the
13 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
14 223))’’; and
15 (ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(as
16 such term is defined in defined in section
17 230(f) the Communications Act of 1934
18 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)))’’ and inserting ‘‘(as
19 that term is defined in section 223 of the
20 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
21 223))’’.
22 (5) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—Section
23 401(h)(3)(A)(iii)(II) of the Controlled Substances
24 Act (21 U.S.C. 841(h)(3)(A)(iii)(II)) is amended by
25 striking ‘‘, except that deletion of a particular com-
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1 munication or material made by another person in
2 a manner consistent with section 230(c) of the Com3 munications Act of 1934 shall not constitute such
4 selection or alteration of the content of the commu5 nication’’.
6 (6) WEBB-KENYON ACT.—Section 3(b)(1) of
7 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act divesting intoxicating liq8 uors of their interstate character in certain cases’’,
9 approved March 1, 1913 (commonly known as the
10 ‘‘Webb-Kenyon Act’’) (27 U.S.C. 122b(b)(1)) is
11 amended by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 230(f)
12 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
13 230(f))’’ and inserting ‘‘(as defined in section 223 of
14 the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223))’’.
15 (7) TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section
16 4102 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
17 (A) by striking subsection (c); and
18 (B) in subsection (e)—
19 (i) by striking ‘‘construed to’’ and all
20 that follows through ‘‘affect’’ and inserting
21 ‘‘construed to affect’’; and
22 (ii) by striking ‘‘defamation; or’’ and
23 all that follows and inserting ‘‘defama24 tion.’’.
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TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section
2 5362(6) of title 31, United States Code, is amended
3 by striking ‘‘section 230(f) of the Communications
4 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f))’’ and inserting ‘‘sec5 tion 223 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
6 U.S.C. 223)’’.
7 (9) NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND IN8 FORMATION ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATION ACT.—
9 Section 157 of the National Telecommunications
10 and Information Administration Organization Act
11 (47 U.S.C. 941) is amended—
12 (A) by striking subsection (e); and
13 (B) by redesignating subsections (f)
14 through (j) as subsections (e) through (i), re15 spectively.
