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A bill to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from reclassifying broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service.

USA115th CongressS-993| Senate 
| Updated: 5/1/2017
Mike Lee

Mike Lee

Republican Senator

Utah

Cosponsors (11)
Thomas Tillis (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Ron Johnson (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)James M. Inhofe (Republican)Rand Paul (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Ben Sasse (Republican)Pat Roberts (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Restoring Internet Freedom Act This bill nullifies the rule adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 26, 2015, relating to the reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service. The FCC is prohibited from reissuing such rule in substantially the same form, or from issuing a new rule that is substantially the same, unless the rule is specifically authorized by a law enacted after enactment of this bill.
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Timeline
May 1, 2017
Introduced in Senate
May 1, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • May 1, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 1, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Science, Technology, Communications

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCompetition and antitrustConsumer affairsFederal Communications Commission (FCC)Internet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaTelephone and wireless communication

A bill to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from reclassifying broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service.

USA115th CongressS-993| Senate 
| Updated: 5/1/2017
Restoring Internet Freedom Act This bill nullifies the rule adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 26, 2015, relating to the reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service. The FCC is prohibited from reissuing such rule in substantially the same form, or from issuing a new rule that is substantially the same, unless the rule is specifically authorized by a law enacted after enactment of this bill.
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Timeline
May 1, 2017
Introduced in Senate
May 1, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • May 1, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 1, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mike Lee

Mike Lee

Republican Senator

Utah

Cosponsors (11)
Thomas Tillis (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Ron Johnson (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)James M. Inhofe (Republican)Rand Paul (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Ben Sasse (Republican)Pat Roberts (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Science, Technology, Communications

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCompetition and antitrustConsumer affairsFederal Communications Commission (FCC)Internet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaTelephone and wireless communication