S 67
119th Congress
Senate
Law
Civil actions and liability
First Amendment rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Lawyers and legal services
Censorship Accountability Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 9, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 9, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Censorship Accountability Act
This bill creates a new federal cause of action for the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the First Amendment by a federal employee acting under color of any statute, ordinance, custom, or usage of the United States.
The term federal employee means an individual, other than the President or Vice President, who occupies a position in the Executive Branch.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 67: Censorship Accountability Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-67/
"S. 67: Censorship Accountability Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-67/.
S. 67, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-67/.
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