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Open Internet Act of 2014

Introduced: September 9, 2014 Introduced by: Peters, Scott H. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 11, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Sep 9, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 9, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Open Internet Act of 2014 - Amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt the rules adopted on December 21, 2010, in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices. Requires the FCC to restore portions of such rules that were vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission (decided on January 14, 2014).

What's happening now September 11, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3982 Related bill Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014
  • S 1981 Related bill Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5429: Open Internet Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5429/
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"H.R. 5429: Open Internet Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5429/.
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H.R. 5429, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5429/.
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