HR 870 118th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement

ELON Act

Introduced: February 8, 2023 Introduced by: Boebert, Lauren Republican · Colorado See on congress.gov

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Feb 8, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Exposing Lewd Outlays for social Networking companies Act or the ELON Act

This bill requires a report on Department of Justice (DOJ) payments to certain companies (i.e., Twitter, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Apple) and imposes a one-year moratorium on payments to these companies.

Specifically, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to submit a report to specified congressional committees on all payments made by DOJ to these companies since January 1, 2015.

Additionally, the bill imposes a one-year moratorium on DOJ that temporarily prohibits the use of federal funds to make payments to these companies, unless such funds are lawfully owed to any such company.

What's happening now February 8, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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