[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2650]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 516. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

       TITLE ___--RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING PROTECTED SPEECH

     SEC. ___. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

       Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act may 
     be construed to authorize any funding to direct, coerce, or 
     compel the content moderation decisions of any interactive 
     computer service (as that term is defined in section 230(f) 
     of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)) or any 
     platform through which a media organization disseminates 
     information relating to any speech protected by the 
     Constitution of the United States, without regard to whether 
     the organization disseminates that information through 
     broadcast, print, online, or any other channel, including 
     by--
       (1) removing such speech;
       (2) suppressing such speech;
       (3) removing or suspending a particular user or class of 
     users;
       (4) labeling such speech as disinformation, misinformation, 
     or false information, or by making any similar 
     characterization with respect to such speech; or
       (5) otherwise blocking, banning, deleting, deprioritizing, 
     demonetizing, deboosting, limiting the reach of, or 
     restricting access to such speech.
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