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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1690 
To limit the use of funds for the production of films using assets of the 
Department of State under certain circumstances, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2025 
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. MOYLAN, and Ms. SALAZAR) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To limit the use of funds for the production of films using 
assets of the Department of State under certain cir-
cumstances, 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 ‘‘Stopping Communist 
Regimes from Engaging in Edits Now Act’’ or the 
‘‘SCREEN Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PRODUCTION 
OF FILMS AND PROHIBITION ON USE OF 
SUCH FUNDS FOR FILMS SUBJECT TO CONDI-
TIONS 
ON 
CONTENT 
OR 
ALTERED 
FOR 
SCREENING IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA OR AT THE REQUEST OF THE CHINESE 
COMMUNIST PARTY. 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
of State may only authorize the provision of technical sup-
port or access to an asset controlled by or related to the 
Department of State to enter into a contract relating to 
the production or funding of a film by a United States 
company if the United States company, as a condition of 
receiving the support or access— 
(1) provides to the Secretary a list of all films 
produced or funded by that company the content of 
which has been submitted, during the shorter of the 
preceding 10-year period or the period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act, to an official 
of the Government of the People’s Republic of China 
or the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for evalua-
tion with respect to screening the film in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China (PRC); 
(2) includes, with respect to each such film— 
(A) the title of the film; and 
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(B) the date on which such submission oc-
curred; 
(3) enters into a written agreement with the 
Secretary not to alter the content of the film in re-
sponse to, or in anticipation of, a request by an offi-
cial of the Government of the PRC or the CCP; and 
(4) submits such agreement to the Secretary. 
(b) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO FILMS SUB-
JECT TO CONDITIONS ON CONTENT OR ALTERED FOR 
SCREENING IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President may not au-
thorize the provision of technical support or access to any 
asset controlled by the Federal Government for, or author-
ize the head of a Federal agency to enter into any contract 
relating to, the production or funding of a film by a United 
States company if— 
(1) the film is co-produced by an entity located 
in the PRC that is subject to conditions on content 
imposed by an official of the Government of the 
PRC or the CCP; or 
(2) with respect to the most recent report sub-
mitted under subsection (c), the United States com-
pany is listed in the report pursuant to subpara-
graph (C) or (D) of paragraph (2) of that sub-
section. 
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(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
on films disclosed under subsection (a) that are as-
sociated with a United States company that has re-
ceived technical support or access to an asset con-
trolled by the Department of State for, or has en-
tered into a contract with the Federal Government 
relating to, the production or funding of a film. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of each film listed pursu-
ant to the requirement under subsection (a)(1), 
the content of which was submitted, during the 
shorter of the preceding 10-year period or the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, by a United States company to an 
official of the Government of the PRC or the 
CCP for evaluation with respect to screening 
the film in the PRC, including— 
(i) the United States company that 
submitted the contents of the film; 
(ii) the title of the film; and 
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(iii) the date on which such submis-
sion occurred. 
(B) A description of each film with respect 
to which a United States company entered into 
a written agreement with the Department of 
State, providing the support or access, pursuant 
to the requirement under subsection (a)(2) not 
to alter the content of the film in response to, 
or in anticipation of, a request by an official of 
the Government of the PRC or the CCP, during 
the shorter of the preceding 10-year period or 
the period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, including— 
(i) the United States company that 
entered into the agreement; and 
(ii) the title of the film. 
(C) The title of any film described pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A), and the corresponding 
United States company described pursuant to 
clause (i) of that subparagraph— 
(i) that was submitted to an official of 
the Government of the PRC or the CCP 
during the preceding 3-year period; and 
(ii) for which the Secretary assesses 
that the content was altered in response to, 
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or in anticipation of, a request by an offi-
cial of the Government of the PRC or the 
CCP. 
(D) The title of any film that is described 
in both subparagraph (A) and subparagraph 
(B), and the corresponding one or more United 
States companies described in clause (i) of each 
such subparagraph— 
(i) that was submitted to an official of 
the Government of the PRC or the CCP 
during the preceding 10-year period; and 
(ii) for which the Secretary assesses 
that the content was altered in response to, 
or in anticipation of, a request by an offi-
cial of the Government of the PRC or the 
CCP. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
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