HR 9448
117th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Free Speech Defense Act
Introduced: December 7, 2022
Introduced by:
Clyde, Andrew S.
Republican
· Georgia
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 8, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Dec 7, 2022
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.
Dec 7, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.