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HR 8160 117th Congress House Commerce

Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022

Introduced: June 24, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Jun 21, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 21, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Political Bias In Algorithm Sorting Emails Act of 2022 or the Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022

This bill makes it unlawful for commercial email service providers to use a filtering algorithm to apply a label to an email sent to an email account from a political campaign unless the owner or user of the account took action to apply such label.

What's happening now June 21, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4409 Identical bill Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 36
All 36 Republican 28
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Feenstra, Randy
Iowa · Aug 12, 2022
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Banks, Jim
Indiana · Jul 26, 2022
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Fallon, Pat
Texas · Jul 21, 2022
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Babin, Brian
Texas · Jul 18, 2022
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Fischbach, Michelle
Minnesota · Jul 15, 2022
Bucshon, Larry
· Jul 12, 2022
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Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Jul 12, 2022
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Hill, J. French
Arkansas · Jul 12, 2022
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Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Jul 12, 2022
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Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Jun 28, 2022
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Jun 28, 2022
Herrell, Yvette
· Jun 28, 2022
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Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Jun 28, 2022
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Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Jun 28, 2022
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jun 28, 2022
Duncan, Jeff
· Jun 24, 2022
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Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Jun 24, 2022
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Joyce, John
Pennsylvania · Jun 24, 2022
Posey, Bill
· Jun 24, 2022
Burgess, Michael
· Jun 23, 2022
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Carey, Mike
Ohio · Jun 23, 2022
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Gimenez, Carlos A.
Florida · Jun 23, 2022
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Higgins, Clay
Louisiana · Jun 23, 2022
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Issa, Darrell
California · Jun 23, 2022
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Meuser, Daniel
Pennsylvania · Jun 23, 2022
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Pfluger, August
Texas · Jun 23, 2022
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Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Jun 23, 2022
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Van Duyne, Beth
Texas · Jun 23, 2022
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Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Jun 23, 2022
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Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Jun 21, 2022
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Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Jun 21, 2022
Ferguson, A.
· Jun 21, 2022
McCarthy, Kevin
· Jun 21, 2022
Rodgers, Cathy
· Jun 21, 2022
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Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Jun 21, 2022
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Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Jun 21, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8160: Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8160/
MLA
"H.R. 8160: Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8160/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 8160, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8160/.
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[H.R. 8160: Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8160/)
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