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S 2416 113th Congress Senate

Free All Speech Act of 2014

Official title: A bill to apply laws that restrict the political speech of American citizens to media corporations.

Introduced: June 3, 2014 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Constitution and constitutional amendmentsFirst Amendment rightsNews media and reportingTelevision and film
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Jun 3, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 3, 2014
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 3, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2416: Free All Speech Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2416/
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"S. 2416: Free All Speech Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2416/.
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S. 2416, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2416/.
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