HR 8896 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

AOC Act

Introduced Dec 8, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Louie Gohmert R-TX

Latest action · Dec 8, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedDec 8, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Abandoning Online Censorship Act or the AOC Act

This bill repeals Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, which protects a provider or user of an interactive computer service (e.g., social media company) from liability for screening or blocking objectionable content.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 8, 2020 to Dec 17, 2020; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Dec 8, 2020
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Dec 8, 2020
R-TX	Lance Gooden	Original	Dec 8, 2020
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Dec 8, 2020
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Dec 8, 2020
R-MS	Trent Kelly	Original	Dec 8, 2020
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Dec 17, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Dec 8, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 8, 2020Introduced in House
Dec 8, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article One, Section 8, Clause 18

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 207, December 8, 2020, page H7046.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R46751	Section 230: An Overview	Report	Jan 4, 2024

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To repeal section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (commonly referred to as the Communications Decency Act) to stop censorship, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: AOC Act; Abandoning Online Censorship Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 8, 2020Introduced in House

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