FREEDOM Act
Latest action · Dec 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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 4, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 4, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Dec 5, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Jefferson Shreve | Jan 6, 2026 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 6, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Aaron Bean | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jan 13, 2026 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Jan 13, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jan 14, 2026 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Jan 14, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| R-MI | Tom Barrett | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Feb 4, 2026 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Feb 4, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Mar 16, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Mar 16, 2026 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jun 29, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 4, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2025Introduced in House
- Dec 4, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H927 | Suhas Subramanyam D-VA | Jan 20, 2026 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 203, December 4, 2025, page H5052.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF13198 | Satellite Direct-to-Cellular (D2C) Service: Emergence, Use Cases, and Considerations for Congress | Resource | Apr 7, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3360 | FREEDOM Act | Related bill | Feb 10, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require a report on internet freedom in Iran.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FREEDOM Act
- Feasibility Review of Emerging Equipment for Digital Open Media Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
