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
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 8, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1