[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2416 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2416

 To apply laws that restrict the political speech of American citizens 
                         to media corporations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 3, 2014

   Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To apply laws that restrict the political speech of American citizens 
                         to media corporations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Free All Speech Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF LAWS THAT RESTRICT THE POLITICAL SPEECH OF 
              AMERICAN CITIZENS TO MEDIA CORPORATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Any law that restricts the political speech of 
American citizens shall apply with equal force to media corporations, 
such as the New York Times, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 
the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), and the CBS Television 
Network.
    (b) No Application to American Citizens if Application to Media 
Corporations Found Unconstitutional.--To the extent that the 
application of a law to a media corporation under subsection (a) is 
found unconstitutional, such law shall have no force or effect with 
respect to American citizens.
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