[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 50 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2544]
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  SA 1738. Mr. SCHMITT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2882, to reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, and for other purposes; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to--
       (1) label any constitutionally protected speech of a United 
     States citizen as disinformation or misinformation;
       (2) coerce, directly or indirectly by partnering with a 
     nongovernmental entity that is acting at the request or 
     behest of a governmental entity, any provider or operator of 
     a covered platform to alter, remove, restrict, or suppress 
     constitutionally protected speech of a United States citizen 
     that is shared on the covered platform based on a 
     determination, by an employee acting under the official 
     authority of the Federal Government, that the content of the 
     speech is disinformation or misinformation; or
       (3) create, or provide funding to a foreign government, 
     quasi-governmental organization, or nonprofit organization 
     for the research, development, or maintenance of, any 
     disinformation or misinformation list or ranking system 
     relating to news content, regardless of medium.
       (b) For purposes of this section:
       (1) The term ``constitutionally protected speech'' means 
     speech that is protected under the First Amendment to the 
     Constitution of the United States, including any type of 
     digital communication, including a post on a covered 
     platform, an e-mail, a text, and a direct message.
       (2) The term ``covered platform'' means an interactive 
     computer service, as that term is defined in section 230 of 
     the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230).
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