H.R. 4067

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4067 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4067

To prohibit the Federal Government from using funds to contract with or 
make awards to certain entities engaging in censorship, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 20, 2025

Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself and Mr. McCormick) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform

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A BILL

To prohibit the Federal Government from using funds to contract with or 
make awards to certain entities engaging in censorship, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Protect the First Amendment Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING FOR COVERED ENTITIES 
AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER ENTITIES THAT ENGAGE 
IN COVERED BEHAVIOR.

(a) In General.--No funds are authorized to be used by the Federal 
Government, to contract with or grant awards to--
(1) a covered entity; or
(2) a nonprofit organization or other entity that engages 
in covered behavior.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means--
(A) NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. (doing business as 
``NewsGuard''), or any successor thereto; or
(B) Disinformation Index, Inc., Disinformation 
Index, Ltd., or Global Disinformation Index gUG 
(collectively doing business as ``Global Disinformation 
Index''), or and successor thereto.
(2) Covered behavior.--The term ``covered behavior'' means 
operations, activities, or products, the function of which is 
to demonetize or rate the credibility of a domestic entity 
(including news and other information outlets) based on the 
lawful speech of such domestic entity by purporting to evaluate 
whether such speech is misinformation, disinformation, or 
malinformation.
(3) Nonprofit organization.--The term ``nonprofit 
organization'' means an organization that is described in 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and that 
is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
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