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Raising the Bar Act of 2019

Introduced: November 21, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
Dec 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Nov 21, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Nov 21, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Raising the Bar Act of 2019

This bill establishes an exercise program to flag online terrorist content. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate a lead institution to administer a voluntary online terrorist content moderation exercise program to test how well participating technology companies (e.g., social media platforms) adhere to their own content moderation policies and procedures.

What's happening now December 9, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4
Demings, Val
· Nov 22, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Nov 21, 2019
Rice, Kathleen
· Nov 21, 2019
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Nov 21, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5209: Raising the Bar Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5209/
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"H.R. 5209: Raising the Bar Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5209/.
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H.R. 5209, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5209/.
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