No Funds for Enablers of Adversarial Propaganda Act

Subjects: Government Operations and Politics


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 875 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

&lt;DOC&gt;






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.

    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 ``No Funds for Enablers of Adversarial 
Propaganda Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RECEIPT OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR PERSONS CONDUCTING 
              BUSINESS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES ASSOCIATED WITH 
              COUNTRIES OF CONCERN.

    (a) In General.--On or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
no individual or entity may receive Federal funds if that individual or 
entity has in place any agreement, partnership, or advertising 
relationship with a social media company domiciled in, headquartered 
in, organized under the laws of, or whose principal place of business 
is located in a country of concern.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Country of concern.--The term ``country of concern'' 
        means the People's Republic of China (including the Special 
        Administrative Regions of China, including Hong Kong and 
        Macau), Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.
            (2) Entity.--The term ``entity'' includes a governmental 
        entity.
            (3) Social media company.--The term ``social media 
        company''--
                    (A) means any entity that operates, directly or 
                indirectly, including through its parent company, 
                subsidiaries, or affiliates, a website, desktop 
                application, or mobile application that--
                            (i) permits an individual or entity to 
                        create an account or profile for the purpose of 
                        generating, sharing, and viewing user-generated 
                        content through such account or profile;
                            (ii) sells digital advertising space;
                            (iii) has more than 1,000,000 monthly 
                        active users for a majority of months during 
                        the preceding 12 months;
                            (iv) enables one or more users to generate 
                        content that can be viewed by other users of 
                        the website, desktop application, or mobile 
                        application; and
                            (v) enables users to view content generated 
                        by other users of the website, desktop 
                        application, or mobile application; and
                    (B) does not include an entity if the entity does 
                not operate a website, desktop application, or mobile 
                application except for a website, desktop application, 
                or mobile application the primary purpose of which is--
                            (i) to allow users to post product reviews, 
                        business reviews, or travel information and 
                        reviews; or
                            (ii) to provide emergency alert services.
                                 &lt;all&gt;
</pre></body></html>