Topic
First Amendment rights
356
bills on this subject
Filed across 10 Congresses, from the 110th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 58. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.
Bills by Congress
110th to 119th
58
bills in the 116th Congress.
Showing 1–30,
newest first.
Every Congress
| Bill | Title | Status | Latest action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 11 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment to the Constitution in the case of Buckley v. Valeo. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | January 30, 2019 | |
| HJRES 78 | Expressing support for freedom of conscience. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | November 15, 2019 | |
| HJRES 65 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | June 28, 2019 | |
| HJRES 57 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | May 31, 2019 | |
| HJRES 48 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | March 22, 2019 | |
| HJRES 39 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States waiving the application of the first article of amendment to the political speech of corporations and other business organizations with respect to the disbursement of funds in connection with public elections and granting Congress and the States the power to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | January 30, 2019 | |
| HJRES 33 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | January 24, 2019 | |
| HJRES 21 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | January 3, 2019 | |
| HR 8719 | CASE-IT Act | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | October 30, 2020 | |
| HR 8110 | Campus Free Speech Restoration Act | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | August 25, 2020 | |
| HR 7875 | Equal Opportunity First Amendment Act | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | July 30, 2020 | |
| HR 7771 | Citizen Participation Act of 2020 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | July 24, 2020 | |
| HR 7129 | Stop Using Military Force Against Civilians Act | Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. | June 8, 2020 | |
| HR 6172 | USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 | Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House requests a conference. | June 1, 2020 | |
| HR 6087 | Public Service Appreciation Through Loan Forgiveness Act | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | March 4, 2020 | |
| HR 5830 | Preventing Foreign CENSORSHIP in America Act | Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | February 10, 2020 | |
| HR 5675 | Safeguarding Americans' Private Records Act of 2020 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability. | January 30, 2020 | |
| HR 5626 | Eliminating the HHS Discrimination Division Act of 2020 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | January 16, 2020 | |
| HR 5331 | Fairness for All Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | January 30, 2020 | |
| HR 4293 | United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations. | September 20, 2019 | |
| HR 3914 | To apologize for the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | August 15, 2019 | |
| HR 2860 | Bots Research Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. | May 22, 2019 | |
| HR 1672 | Free Right to Expression in Education Act | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | March 11, 2019 | |
| HR 1450 | Do No Harm Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | April 8, 2019 | |
| HR 1408 | District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | April 8, 2019 | |
| HR 1269 | History and Tradition Protection Act of 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | March 25, 2019 | |
| HRES 1175 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that newsgathering activities are protected under the First Amendment, and that the United States should drop all charges against and attempts to extradite Julian Assange. | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | October 2, 2020 | |
| HRES 1144 | Broadband for All Resolution of 2020 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | September 23, 2020 | |
| HRES 1009 | Recognizing the threats to press freedom in the United States in the wake of protests following the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, reaffirming the centrality of a free and independent press to the health of democracy, and reaffirming freedom of the press as a priority of the United States in promoting democracy, human rights, and good governance. | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | June 18, 2020 | |
| HRES 1005 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the enhancement of unity in America. | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | June 15, 2020 |
Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.