Restoring American Freedom Act
Sponsored By: Representative Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]
Introduced
Summary
Stops the State Department and its federally funded partners from censoring U.S. citizens' speech. This bill would require the Secretary of State to monitor and correct any Department employee or federally funded actor who engages in or facilitates censorship, ban Department funds for certain advertising blacklists and unsafe censorship tools, and set quick reporting rules when censorship is alleged.
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- U.S. citizens: Would define protected "free speech" and bar Department-funded actors from scrutinizing or pressuring third parties to remove or suppress Americans' speech.
- State Department staff and grantees: Would obligate the Secretary to monitor personnel and funded entities and take corrective action for past or ongoing misconduct.
- Tech vendors and publishers of ad lists: Would prohibit funding to entities that publish an "advertising blacklist" and to groups that create, test, or distribute censorship tools without safeguards set by the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy.
- Oversight and affected individuals: Would require notification to the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders and to the affected citizen as soon as practicable and no later than 7 days after a potential censorship report.
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Block State Department-funded censorship
If enacted, the State Department would have to stop its staff and its funded partners from censoring U.S. citizens’ protected speech. It would bar money for anyone who publishes an advertising blacklist aimed at a citizen’s speech. It would also block funds for groups that create, test, or share censorship tools without safeguards set by the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy. The Secretary would monitor, avoid using funds to abridge speech, and take action to fix past misconduct. Censor would include pressuring social media or others to remove or suppress lawful speech. If told of actual or possible censorship, the Department would have to notify the House and Senate foreign affairs leaders and the affected citizen within 7 days.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]
MI • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
TN • R
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6]
IN • R
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]
TX • R
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13]
FL • R
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
MS • R
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8]
AZ • R
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9]
GA • R
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Timmons
SC • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Fulcher
ID • R
Sponsored 3/17/2026
Roll Call Votes
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