I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1644 
To restore the open internet order of the Federal Communications 
Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2019 
Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Mr. WELCH, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. BEYER, Mr. 
PHILLIPS, Mr. SARBANES, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Ms. WILD, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. PORTER, Mr. NEAL, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. COOPER, Mr. HIGGINS 
of New York, Mrs. DINGELL, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. WATERS, Ms. OMAR, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. VELA, Mrs. 
AXNE, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. KIM, Mr. 
SIRES, Mr. POCAN, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
NADLER, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. SOTO, 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. CAS-
TOR of Florida, Mr. RYAN, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. GOLDEN, 
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. CASE, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New 
York, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. LAW-
RENCE, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. HILL of Cali-
fornia, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. CRIST, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. LEVIN of 
Michigan, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. HARDER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LEVIN of California, Ms. CLARK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. LAMB, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. COX of Cali-
fornia, Ms. DEAN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. MENG, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 
KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MORELLE, 
Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. CLYBURN, 
Mr. TRONE, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. KUSTER of New Hamp-
shire, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. TAKANO, and Mr. 
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HOYER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To restore the open internet order of the Federal 
Communications Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save the Internet Act 
of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF OPEN INTERNET ORDER. 
(a) REPEAL OF RULE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Declaratory Ruling, Re-
port and Order, and Order in the matter of restor-
ing internet freedom that was adopted by the Com-
mission on December 14, 2017 (FCC 17–166), shall 
have no force or effect. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON REISSUED RULE OR NEW 
RULE.—The Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order, 
and Order described in paragraph (1) may not be 
reissued in substantially the same form, and a new 
rule that is substantially the same as such Declara-
tory Ruling, Report and Order, and Order may not 
be issued, unless the reissued or new rule is specifi-
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cally authorized by a law enacted after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) RESTORATION
OF REPEALED
AND AMENDED 
RULES.—The following are restored as in effect on Janu-
ary 19, 2017: 
(1) The Report and Order on Remand, Declara-
tory Ruling, and Order in the matter of protecting 
and promoting the open internet that was adopted 
by the Commission on February 26, 2015 (FCC 15– 
24). 
(2) Part 8 of title 47, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(3) Any other rule of the Commission that was 
amended or repealed by the Declaratory Ruling, Re-
port and Order, and Order described in subsection 
(a)(1). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(2) RULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 804 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
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