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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3719 
To prohibit the employees, officers, and agents of the Department of State, 
and persons and entities awarded grants or contracts or otherwise pro-
vided, directly or indirectly, Federal funds from the Department of State, 
from censoring the free speech of United States citizens. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2025 
Mr. HUIZENGA (for himself, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. SHREVE, Mr. SELF, Mrs. 
LUNA, Mr. GUEST, Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, and Mr. CLYDE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit the employees, officers, and agents of the Depart-
ment of State, and persons and entities awarded grants 
or contracts or otherwise provided, directly or indirectly, 
Federal funds from the Department of State, from cen-
soring the free speech of United States citizens. 
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 ‘‘Restoring American 
Freedom Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CENSORSHIP OF FREE SPEECH OF 
UNITED STATES CITIZENS. 
(a) PROHIBITING CENSORSHIP OF FREE SPEECH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(b)(3) of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2651a(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(G) monitor and ensure that— 
‘‘(i) no Department employee, officer, 
and agent, and no person or entity award-
ed a grant or contract or otherwise pro-
vided, directly or indirectly, Federal funds 
from the Department, engages in or facili-
tates conduct that would unconstitutionally 
abridge the free speech (as such term is 
defined in section 2(b)(2)(C) of the Restor-
ing American Freedom Act) of a United 
States citizen; 
‘‘(ii) none of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able to the Secretary are used to engage in 
or facilitate conduct that would abridge the 
free speech (as so defined) of a United 
States citizen; and 
‘‘(iii) appropriate action is taken to 
correct past misconduct by each Depart-
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ment employee, officer, and agent, and 
each person or entity awarded a grant or 
contract or otherwise provided, directly or 
indirectly, Federal funds from the Depart-
ment, who engaged in or facilitated the 
censorship of the free speech (as so de-
fined) of a United States citizen.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 1(b)(3) 
of such Act is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 
(B) in subparagraph (F)— 
(i) in clause (iii), by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(ii) by striking clause (iv); and 
(iii) in clause (v), 
(I) by striking ‘‘bureaus.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘bureaus; and’’; and 
(II) by redesignating clause (v) 
as clause (iv). 
(b) PROHIBITING USING FUNDS TO CENSOR FREE 
SPEECH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No funds authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Sec-
retary of State may be awarded, granted, or other-
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wise provided, directly or indirectly, to any person or 
entity that— 
(A) publishes or disseminates an adver-
tising blacklist; or 
(B) creates, tests, or distributes a censor-
ship tool without sufficient safeguards, as deter-
mined by the Under Secretary for Public Diplo-
macy, for preventing such tool from being used 
to censor the free speech of a United States cit-
izen. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) ADVERTISING BLACKLIST.—The term 
‘‘advertising blacklist’’ means a curated list 
used to identify a United States citizen for the 
purpose of discouraging or prohibiting an ad-
vertiser from placing an advertisement with, or 
providing financial support to, such citizen be-
cause of the content of the free speech of such 
citizen. 
(B) CENSOR.—The term ‘‘censor’’ means 
to scrutinize and examine the free speech of a 
United States citizen with the intent to sup-
press such free speech, and includes— 
(i) exerting substantial coercive pres-
sure on a third party, such as a social 
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media company, to moderate, remove, or 
otherwise suppress such free speech; or 
(ii) contacting, directly or indirectly, 
such as through an academic institution, a 
social media company, to moderate, re-
move, or otherwise suppress such protected 
speech. 
(C) FREE
SPEECH.—The term ‘‘free 
speech’’ means speech protected by the First 
Amendment of the United States Constitution 
from being suppressed by the United States 
Government. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT.—As soon as practicable, 
but not later than 7 days after the date on which 
the Secretary of State is notified of each employee, 
officer, and agent of the Department of State, and 
of each person and entity awarded a grant or con-
tract or otherwise provided, directly or indirectly, 
Federal funds from the Department of State, who is 
actually or potentially engaging in or facilitating the 
censorship of the free speech of a United States cit-
izen, such Secretary shall notify the Chairman and 
ranking member of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs in the House of Representatives, the Chairman 
and ranking member of the Committee on Foreign 
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Relations in the Senate, and such United States cit-
izen of such censorship. 
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