# 119-hr-5460: FREE SPEECH Act of 2025

119-hr-5460, FREE SPEECH Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5460
- Congress: 119
- Title: FREE SPEECH Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Stops the FCC from forcing entities it regulates to align their speech with any presidential administration's political ideology.** It would bar the Commission from conditioning rules, orders, or approvals on an entity’s editorial alignment, including as a requirement for merger or acquisition approvals. - Media companies, broadcasters, and online platforms subject to FCC oversight would not be required to change editorial positions to get licenses or other approvals. - Companies seeking FCC approval for mergers or acquisitions could not be asked to adopt or promise editorial alignment with a presidential administration. - The text creates a broad ban but contains no definitions, enforcement rules, penalties, or effective dates, leaving the scope and remedies unclear.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban on FCC-forced political speech: benefit, high. If enacted, the FCC would be barred from forcing companies it regulates to match their speech to a president’s politics. The ban would apply to any FCC rule or order. It would also forbid making speech alignment a condition for mergers, licenses, or other approvals. The bill text does not set an ef…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-5174: To make revisions in title 51, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-5356: National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5460 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5460)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-5174: To make revisions in title 51, United States Code, as necessary to keep the tit…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5174)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-5356: National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5356)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5460 (as of 2026-04-21).