HR 9448 United States House · 117th Congress

Free Speech Defense Act

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.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2022

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Dec 7, 2022 Last action Dec 8, 2022

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Committee

Dec 8, 2022

Committee

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

lower

Dec 7, 2022

Committee

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.

lower

Dec 7, 2022

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 10 co-sponsors