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H.R. 4585: Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017

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H.R. 4585: Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-12-07 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-12-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017

Plain 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.

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Official text

Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] · 35 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Seth Moulton (D-MA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Adam Smith (D-WA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4585 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115