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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 875 

To prohibit the receipt of Federal funds by individuals or entities conducting 

business with social media companies associated with countries of concern, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 16, 2023 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Ms. ERNST) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

A BILL 

To prohibit the receipt of Federal funds by individuals or 

entities conducting business with social media companies 

associated with countries of concern, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Funds for Enablers 

5 of Adversarial Propaganda Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RECEIPT OF FEDERAL FUNDS 

2 FOR PERSONS CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITH 

3 SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES ASSOCIATED 

4 WITH COUNTRIES OF CONCERN. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—On or after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, no individual or entity may receive Fed7 eral funds if that individual or entity has in place any 

8 agreement, partnership, or advertising relationship with a 

9 social media company domiciled in, headquartered in, or10 ganized under the laws of, or whose principal place of busi11 ness is located in a country of concern. 

12 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) COUNTRY OF CONCERN.—The term ‘‘coun14 try of concern’’ means the People’s Republic of 

15 China (including the Special Administrative Regions 

16 of China, including Hong Kong and Macau), Russia, 

17 Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela. 

18 (2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ includes a 

19 governmental entity. 

20 (3) SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY.—The term ‘‘social 

21 media company’’— 

22 (A) means any entity that operates, di23 rectly or indirectly, including through its parent 

24 company, subsidiaries, or affiliates, a website, 

25 desktop application, or mobile application 

26 that— 


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1 (i) permits an individual or entity to 

2 create an account or profile for the pur3 pose of generating, sharing, and viewing 

4 user-generated content through such ac5 count or profile; 

6 (ii) sells digital advertising space; 

7 (iii) has more than 1,000,000 monthly 

8 active users for a majority of months dur9 ing the preceding 12 months; 

10 (iv) enables one or more users to gen11 erate content that can be viewed by other 

12 users of the website, desktop application, 

13 or mobile application; and 

14 (v) enables users to view content gen15 erated by other users of the website, desk16 top application, or mobile application; and 

17 (B) does not include an entity if the entity 

18 does not operate a website, desktop application, 

19 or mobile application except for a website, desk20 top application, or mobile application the pri21 mary purpose of which is— 

22 (i) to allow users to post product re23 views, business reviews, or travel informa24 tion and reviews; or 


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1 (ii) to provide emergency alert serv2 ices. 

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