# 116-hr-5830: Preventing Foreign CENSORSHIP in America Act

116-hr-5830, Preventing Foreign CENSORSHIP in America Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY); status 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. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5830
- Congress: 116
- Title: Preventing Foreign CENSORSHIP in America Act
- Status: 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.
- Introduced: 2020-02-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Preventing Foreign CENSORSHIP in America Act or the Preventing the Foreign Coercive Export of Non-consensual Speech and Orwellian Restrictions by Superpowers Hoping to Intimidate People in America Act This bill prohibits businesses or the federal government from taking adverse actions (e.g., retaliating) against employees or contractors who engage in certain protected activities such as advocacy related to the conditions or practices in a foreign country (i.e., countries of concern such as China or countries that inhibit free speech or religious freedom) when the protected activity has the potential to result in economic retaliation by that country or because that country explicitly or implicitly requests that the domestic entity take such adverse action.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2020-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2020-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] (D-NJ), 2020-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2020-02-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-1830: National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8254: BETTER Kidney Care Act
- 116-hr-7806: SOS Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5830 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5830)

## Related
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- [116-hr-1830: National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1830)
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8254: BETTER Kidney Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8254)
- [116-hr-7806: SOS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7806)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5830 (as of 2025-11-18).