H.R. 9448 · 117th Congress · House

Free Speech Defense Act

Active· Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Introduced
Dec 7, 22
Passed House
Pending
Passed Senate
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Free Speech Defense Act

This bill addresses issues relating to the federal government and social media. For example, the bill (1) terminates the Disinformation Governance Board; and (2) prohibits the federal government from encouraging a social media company to remove a user or label content as misinformation, with certain exceptions.

Action Timeline

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  1. DEC 08, 2022•Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.

  2. DEC 07, 2022•IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. DEC 07, 2022•IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. DEC 07, 2022•IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  5. DEC 07, 2022•IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  6. DEC 07, 2022•IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Committees

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Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee

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Referred: Dec 8, 2022

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Homeland Security Committee

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Referred: Dec 7, 2022

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Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Referred: Dec 7, 2022

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Energy and Commerce Committee

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Referred: Dec 7, 2022

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