"The safety and health provision's always been there," Mr. Steinbach continued.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is among the provision's more high-profile supporters.
Matt Wood, policy director for the digital-rights group Free Press, said it's likely the FCC eventually will limit the provision's effect on Internet service providers to avoid yet another legal battle with telecom companies.
The provision's revenue neutrality, however, is a product of how it's been framed.
The provision's future in the House of Representatives is uncertain.
There have been no studies of the provision's impact on cost.
Disagreements about the provision's effectiveness aside, some have raised questions about whether it is constitutional.
Section 5, or that affects Florida's entitlement to that provision's safe harbor.
Discussion The provision's disclosure requirements are challenged by the McConnell, AFL-CIO, Chamber of Commerce, NAB, NRA, and Paul plaintiffs.
The provision's author, Representative Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, is a longtime opponent of the industry.
Referring to the Cuba provision's bipartisan supporters, he added, "I'm sure there will be some gnashing of teeth".
