3.0.0 1304 2019-11-15T21:35:26Z 2019-11-15T21:35:26Z House H HR 2009-03-04 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2009-08-19T15:15:27Z Referred to 2009-03-04T15:04:29Z Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 111 449 S 2010-02-23 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2009-08-19 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. Committee 2009-03-04 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000210 Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] PETER KING R NY T. 3 N B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2009-03-04 True F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2] Trent Franks R AZ 2 2009-03-04 True I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2009-03-04 True C000556 Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] HOWARD COBLE R NC 6 2009-03-04 True P000592 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Ted Poe R TX 2 2009-03-04 True W000672 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] FRANK WOLF R VA R. 10 2009-03-04 True S000275 Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] JOHN SHADEGG R AZ 3 2009-03-04 True W000796 Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3] Lynn Westmoreland R GA A. 3 2009-03-04 True M001134 Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] SUE MYRICK R NC WILKINS 9 2009-03-04 True B001262 Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] Paul Broun R GA C. 10 2009-03-04 True R000487 Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40] ED ROYCE R CA 40 2010-02-04 False Law Civil actions and liability First Amendment rights Legal fees and court costs Law 00 2009-03-04 Introduced in House 2009-03-31T18:39:46Z Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Allows any U.S. person against whom a lawsuit for defamation is brought in a foreign country on the basis of the content of any speech by that person that has been published, uttered, or otherwise disseminated primarily in the United States to bring an action in a U.S. district court against any person who, or entity which, brought the suit, if the speech at issue in the foreign lawsuit does not constitute defamation under U.S. law.

Allows the award of treble damages if it is determined by a preponderance of the evidence that the person or entity bringing the foreign lawsuit intentionally engaged in a scheme to suppress rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution by discouraging publishers or other media from publishing, or by discouraging financial supporters from employing, retaining, or supporting the research, writing, or other speech of an individual.

]]> Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 Display Title Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To create a Federal cause of action to determine whether defamation exists under United States law in cases in which defamation actions have been brought in foreign courts against United States persons on the basis of publications or speech in the United States. Introduced in House 2009-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1304ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1304ih.xml 2009-08-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.