[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1409 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1409

To amend the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to restore the authority of 
 the Federal Communications Commission to adopt certain rules relating 
 to preserving the open Internet and to direct the Commission to take 
  all actions necessary to restore to effect vacated portions of such 
                                 rules.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2015

  Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to restore the authority of 
 the Federal Communications Commission to adopt certain rules relating 
 to preserving the open Internet and to direct the Commission to take 
  all actions necessary to restore to effect vacated portions of such 
                                 rules.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Open Internet Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR AND RESTORATION OF 2010 OPEN INTERNET RULES.

    Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Authority for and Restoration of 2010 Open Internet Rules.--
Notwithstanding sections 3(51) and 332(c)(2) of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153(51); 332(c)(2)), the Commission is authorized by 
this section 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 (FCC 10-201). Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Open Internet Act of 2015, the 
Commission shall take all actions necessary to restore to effect the 
portions of such rules that were vacated by the United States Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Verizon v. Federal 
Communications Commission (No. 11-1355; decided on January 14, 
2014).''.
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