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
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 17, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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