HR 7659 · 117th Congress 2021โ€“2023, ended

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Disinformation Governance Board.

Latest action · May 4, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 3, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security to establish a Disinformation Governance Board.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 3, 2022 to May 11, 2022; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEAdrian SmithOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-IAAshley HinsonOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-TXBeth Van DuyneOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-MOBilly LongOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-NCDan BishopOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-TXDan CrenshawOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-FLDaniel WebsterOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-WIGlenn GrothmanOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-GAJody B. HiceOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-COLauren BoebertOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-NCMadison CawthornOriginalMay 3, 2022
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksOriginalMay 3, 2022

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseHomeland Security Committee
Referred May 3, 2022
Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee
Referred May 4, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 4, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
  2. May 3, 2022Introduced in House
  3. May 3, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

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: No Fedreal funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of Homeland Secuirty may be made available for the establishment of a Disinformation Governance Board.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 73, May 3, 2022, page H4714.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5507To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Disinformation Governance Board.Reintroduced BillSep 14, 2023
HR 7641Protecting Free Speech ActRelated billMay 3, 2022
HR 7648To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Disinformation Governance Board.Related billMay 4, 2022

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Disinformation Governance Board.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 3, 2022Introduced in House

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