HR 4585 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017

Latest action · Dec 8, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedDec 7, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017

This bill prevents the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from using the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the matter of restoring Internet freedom adopted by the FCC on May 18, 2017, to satisfy the general notice requirement for ending the FCC's public-utility regulation of the Internet.

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 12, 2017 to May 8, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NMBen Ray LujánDec 12, 2017
D-TXBeto O'RourkeDec 12, 2017
D-MNBetty McCollumDec 12, 2017
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanDec 12, 2017
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyDec 12, 2017
D-FLCharlie CristDec 12, 2017
D-HIColleen HanabusaDec 12, 2017
D-RIDavid N. CicillineDec 12, 2017
D-MDJamie RaskinDec 12, 2017
D-CAJared HuffmanDec 12, 2017
D-COJared PolisDec 12, 2017
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkDec 12, 2017
D-OHMarcy KapturDec 12, 2017
D-WAPramila JayapalDec 12, 2017
D-MASeth MoultonDec 12, 2017

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Dec 7, 2017
Communications and Technology Subcommittee
Referred Dec 8, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 8, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
  2. Dec 7, 2017Introduced in House
  3. Dec 7, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H9864Sean Patrick Maloney D-NYDec 13, 2017

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 200, December 7, 2017, page H9757.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from relying on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the matter of restoring internet freedom to adopt, amend, revoke, or otherwise modify any rule of the Commission.
Short Titles as Introduced
Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 7, 2017Introduced in House

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