United States · Bill · S
S. 2602 (114th)
Restoring Internet Freedom Act
Introduced
25 February 2016
Last action
25 February 2016 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sponsors
Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE], Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
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 Act.
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Timeline
25 February 2016
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Source: IntroReferral
25 February 2016
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 25 February 2016 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] · R · Cosponsor
- · sscm00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Internet Freedom Act
- related to → Restoring Internet Freedom Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2602
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2602
- us · 114-s-2602 · source updated 12 August 2025