S 2416
113th Congress
Senate
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitution and constitutional amendments
First Amendment rights
News media and reporting
Television and film
Free All Speech Act of 2014
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 3, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 3, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Free All Speech Act of 2014 - Requires any law that restricts political speech of American citizens to apply with equal force to media corporations (such as the New York Times, the American Broadcasting Company [ABC], the National Broadcasting Company [NBC], and the CBS Television Network).
Prohibits such a law from having any force or effect with respect to American citizens to the extent that its application to a media corporation is found unconstitutional.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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