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119-hr-5117119th Congress

SPIN Act

Sponsored By: Representative Mills, Cory [R-FL-7]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would bar broad domestic distribution of information the U.S. releases abroad and require English-language copies to be available only for examination at the Department of State. It narrows who can view those materials inside U.S. territory and where they can be seen.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Limits on public access to overseas U.S. content

This bill would ban sharing, inside the United States and its territories, information that the government releases abroad. The State Department would have to keep an English version for examination only at its offices after release. Only U.S. press outlets, radio stations, and research students and scholars could examine it. Members of Congress could also review it on request. The general public would not be allowed to access or redistribute this material.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Mills, Cory [R-FL-7]

FL • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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