3.0.0 870 2024-07-24T15:23:44Z 2024-07-24T15:23:44Z House H HR 2023-02-08 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. BOEBERT:H.R. 870.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States;The single subject of this legislation is:Provide transparency regarding government collusion withbig tech.[Page H781]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2023-02-08T15:02:35Z 2023-02-08 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-02-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-02-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000825 Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3] Lauren Boebert R CO 3 N L000596 Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] Anna Paulina Luna R FL 13 2023-02-08 True N000026 Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] Troy Nehls R TX E. 22 2023-02-08 True G000578 Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] Matt Gaetz R FL 1 2023-02-08 True G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 9 2023-02-08 True M001211 Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] Mary Miller R IL E. 15 2023-02-08 True B001316 Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO-7] Eric Burlison R MO 7 2023-02-08 True D000032 Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] Byron Donalds R FL 19 2023-02-08 True C001116 Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] Andrew Clyde R GA S. 9 2023-02-08 True M001212 Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-2] Barry Moore R AL 2 2023-02-27 False Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 2023-03-09T14:45:26Z 00 2023-02-08 Introduced in House 2023-06-26T10:50:42Z Exposing Lewd Outlays for social Networking companies Act or the ELON Act

This bill requires a report on Department of Justice (DOJ) payments to certain companies (i.e., Twitter, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Apple) and imposes a one-year moratorium on payments to these companies.

Specifically, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to submit a report to specified congressional committees on all payments made by DOJ to these companies since January 1, 2015.

Additionally, the bill imposes a one-year moratorium on DOJ that temporarily prohibits the use of federal funds to make payments to these companies, unless such funds are lawfully owed to any such company.

]]> ELON Act Display Title 45 ELON Act 2024-07-24T15:23:44Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Exposing Lewd Outlays for social Networking companies Act 2024-05-24T13:42:23Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 ELON Act 2024-05-24T13:42:23Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To submit to Congress a report on payments made by the Department of Justice to certain companies, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T20:18:51Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr870ih/xml/BILLS-118hr870ih.xml 2023-02-08 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.