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H.R. 417 119th Congress House

End U.N. Censorship Act

Official title: To prohibit the use of United States contributions to the United Nations to support the iVerify tool developed by the United Nations Development Programme, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: Ben Cline Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 15, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Feb 4, 2025
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Green, Mark E.
Texas · Jan 22, 2025
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Luna, Anna Paulina
Florida · Jan 22, 2025
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Cloud, Michael
Texas · Jan 15, 2025
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Ogles, Andrew
Tennessee · Jan 15, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 417: End U.N. Censorship Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-417/
MLA
"H.R. 417: End U.N. Censorship Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-417/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 417, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-417/.
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[H.R. 417: End U.N. Censorship Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-417/)
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