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HR 1409 114th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media

Open Internet Act of 2015

Introduced: March 17, 2015 Introduced by: Peters, Scott H. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 17, 2015
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Open Internet Act of 2015

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 March 17, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1409: Open Internet Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1409/
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"H.R. 1409: Open Internet Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1409/.
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H.R. 1409, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1409/.
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