3.0.0 4575 2023-01-11T13:44:46Z 2023-01-11T13:44:46Z Senate S 2020-09-15 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-15T17:13:06Z 2020-09-15 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-09-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO N International Affairs Advisory bodies Appropriations Asia China Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Department of Commerce Executive agency funding and structure Foreign aid and international relief Government trust funds Human rights International organizations and cooperation Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Racial and ethnic relations International Affairs 00 2020-09-15 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-25T21:09:57Z Free the Internet around the Globe to Hack Tyranny and Censorship Act or the FIGHT Censorship Act

This bill establishes an Internet Freedom Task Force to report on the state of global internet freedom, requires the Department of State to annually designate countries that do not provide sufficient internet freedom to their residents, and requires the State Department to administer a grant program to promote internet freedom policies worldwide. The bill also establishes and provides funding for the Stop the CCP Initiative Fund to support the development of technologies to counter and circumvent internet censorship within China and to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms on the internet.

]]> FIGHT Censorship Act Display Title FIGHT Censorship Act Short Title(s) as Introduced FIGHT Censorship Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Free the Internet around the Globe to Hack Tyranny and Censorship Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure that the United States Government advocates for a free internet. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4575is/xml/BILLS-116s4575is.xml 2020-09-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.