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Calendar No. 365 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4164 

To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for the establishment or operation of the Disinformation Governance Board in the Department of 

Homeland Security. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 9, 2022 

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

MAY 10, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for the establishment or operation of the Disinformation Governance 

Board in the Department of Homeland Security. 

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 ‘‘Defund the Ministry 

5 of Truth Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The Federal Government is not the sole ar2 biter of truth in a free society. 

3 (2) Efforts by the Federal Government to cen4 sor dissenting voices is a violation of the First 

5 Amendment rights of the American people. 

6 (3) Efforts by the Federal Government to label 

7 or categorize speech as misinformation, 

8 disinformation, or malinformation does not lessen or 

9 vitiate the First Amendment rights of the American 

10 people. 

11 (4) The Federal Government is itself prolific in 

12 the dissemination of misinformation, disinformation, 

13 and malinformation. 

14 (5) George Orwell’s novel, 1984, which was 

15 originally published in 1949, was a cautionary tale 

16 and a warning to future generations and was not in17 tended to be an instruction manual for government 

18 repression. 

19 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST FEDERAL FUNDING FOR 

20 THE DISINFORMATION GOVERNANCE BOARD. 

21 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed22 eral funding may be expended for the establishment or op23 eration of the Department of Homeland Security 

24 Disinformation Governance Board or any successor entity 

25 to the Disinformation Governance Board. 


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1 SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO THE HOMELAND SE2 CURITY ACT OF 2002. 

3 Section 2202(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 

4 2002 (6 U.S.C. 652(i)) is amended— 

5 (1) in the subsection heading by inserting 

6 ‘‘PROVISIONS’’ after ‘‘SAVINGS’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘may be construed as affecting’’ 

8 and inserting the following: ‘‘may be construed as— 

9 ‘‘(1) affecting’’; 

10 (3) by striking the period at the end and insert11 ing ‘‘; or’’; and 

12 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(2) authorizing the establishment of any mis14 information, disinformation, or malinformation 

15 working group, disinformation governance board, or 

16 any similar entity within the Department of Home17 land Security (or any component thereof) unless 

18 such entity is explicitly authorized by an Act of Con19 gress that is enacted after the date of the enactment 

20 of the Defund the Ministry of Truth Act of 2022.’’. 


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Calendar No. 365 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4164 

A BILL 

To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for 

ment of Homeland Security. Disinformation Governance Board in the Departthe establishment or operation of the 

MAY 10, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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