3.0.0 2526 2025-12-05T09:11:07Z 2025-12-05T09:11:07Z Senate S S 2023-07-26 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2526 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-07-26T20:42:30Z 118 4898 HR 2023-07-26 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Related bill CRS 2023-07-26 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2023-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN 2023-07-26 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2023-07-26 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2023-07-26 True O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2023-07-26 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2023-07-26 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2023-07-26 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2023-07-26 True International Affairs International Affairs 2023-08-24T19:00:31Z

00 2023-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2023-11-28T13:39:37Z <p><b>Global Press Freedom Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes the Office of Press Freedom within the Department of State to advance the protection and well-being of members of the press abroad and to engage with foreign governments and global press freedom organizations concerning freedom of the press and of expression.</p> <p>The office must (1) coordinate efforts between relevant U.S. embassy personnel and press organizations or threatened individuals in situations in which press freedom is threatened abroad, (2) publicly and privately denounce oppression of the press abroad, and (3) recommend appropriate responses by the U.S. government when press freedoms are infringed upon. <p>The office shall be headed by the Ambassador-at-Large for Press Freedom, who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. <p>The State Department must ensure that there is a press freedom curriculum for the National Foreign Affairs Training Center to help Foreign Service officers better understand issues of press freedom and tools that are available to help protect journalists and promote freedom of the press norms. <p>The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the implementation of the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009, including how the State Department prepares information for the reports on press freedom that are required by that act.</p>

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