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HR 5531 118th Congress House International Affairs

End U.N. Censorship Act

Introduced: May 15, 2024 Introduced by: Cline, Ben Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 18, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End U.N. Censorship Act

This bill specifies that no federal funds may be made available to support the iVerify tool (a fact-checking tool developed by the United Nations Development Programme) or any other effort that seeks to label speech or expression as mal-, mis-, or dis-information.

What's happening now September 18, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Republican 9
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Luna, Anna Paulina
Florida · May 15, 2024
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Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · May 15, 2024
 R
Biggs, Andy
Arizona · May 14, 2024
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Cloud, Michael
Texas · May 14, 2024
 R
Hageman, Harriet M.
Wyoming · May 14, 2024
 R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · May 14, 2024
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · May 14, 2024
 R
Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Feb 20, 2024
Bishop, Dan
· Feb 13, 2024
 R
Ogles, Andrew
Tennessee · Feb 6, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5531: End U.N. Censorship Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5531/
MLA
"H.R. 5531: End U.N. Censorship Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5531/.
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H.R. 5531, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5531/.
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