I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6918 
To amend section 2339B of title 18, United States Code, to apply to social 
media platforms, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2022 
Mr. CAWTHORN (for himself and Mr. GOOD of Virginia) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend section 2339B of title 18, United States Code, 
to apply to social media platforms, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Publicity for Ter-
rorists Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES 
TO DESIGNATED FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGA-
NIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2339B of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any social media plat-
form that becomes aware that certain users 
have an account or are actively using the plat-
form shall remove such certain users account 
within 24 hours of becoming aware of such cer-
tain users. 
‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Any 
social media platform required to file a quar-
terly report under section 13 or 15(d) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78m; 78o(d)) shall certify in such report that 
such social media platform is in compliance 
with subparagraph (A).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘CIVIL PEN-
ALTY’’ and inserting ‘‘PENALTIES’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Any financial institution’’ 
and inserting: 
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‘‘(1) FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—Any financial 
institution’’; 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.— 
‘‘(A) CIVIL PENALTY.—Any social media 
platform that knowingly fails to comply with 
subsection (a)(3) shall be subject to a civil pen-
alty in an amount of $50,000 per violation. 
‘‘(B) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—In the case of 
any social media platform required to file a 
quarterly report under section 13 or 15(d) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78m; 78o(d)) that fails to comply with 
subsection (a)(3), any principal financial officer, 
chief accounting officer, chief operating officer, 
chief executive officer of such social media plat-
form and the individual who signs such report 
who knowingly so failed to comply with sub-
section (a)(3) shall be fined under this title or 
imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.’’; 
and 
(D) in subsection (g)— 
(i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
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(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) the term ‘actively using’ includes using or 
posting on a social media platform; 
‘‘(8) the term ‘certain user’ means an individual 
designated as a specially designated national pursu-
ant to the designation process established by Execu-
tive Order 13224, titled ‘Blocking Property and Pro-
hibiting Transactions with Persons who Commit, 
Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism’ pub-
lished on September 23, 2001; 
‘‘(9) the term ‘social media platform’— 
‘‘(A) means a website or other internet me-
dium, including a mobile application, that— 
‘‘(i) permits an individual or entity to 
create an account or profile for the pur-
pose of generating, sharing, and viewing 
user-generated content through such ac-
count or profile; 
‘‘(ii) enables one or more users to 
generate content that can be viewed by 
other users of the medium; and 
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