I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6971 
To establish a commission to promote information and media literacy, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Mr. BEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a commission to promote information and media 
literacy, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Educating Against Misinformation and Disinformation 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
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Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—COMMISSION TO SUPPORT INFORMATION AND MEDIA 
LITERACY 
AND 
ADDRESS 
MISINFORMATION 
AND 
DISINFORMATION 
Sec. 101. Establishment and duties. 
Sec. 102. Membership. 
Sec. 103. Hearings. 
Sec. 104. Commission personnel matters. 
Sec. 105. National strategy for information and media literacy and preventing 
misinformation and disinformation. 
Sec. 106. Report to Congress. 
Sec. 107. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 201. Grants to improve the American public’s information and media lit-
eracy and resilience to misinformation and disinformation. 
Sec. 202. Study and report on information and media literacy among the Amer-
ican public. 
Sec. 203. Department of Education assessment. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Education and 
Labor and the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘secondary 
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school’’, and ‘‘State educational agency’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801 
et seq.). 
(3) INFORMATION LITERACY.—The term ‘‘infor-
mation literacy’’ means the integrated set of skills, 
knowledge, practices, and dispositions that prepares 
individuals to discover, interpret, and create infor-
mation ethically while gaining a critical under-
standing of how information systems interact to 
produce and circulate news, information and knowl-
edge (including digital information such as website 
and social media content). 
(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(5) MEDIA LITERACY.—The term ‘‘media lit-
eracy’’ means the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, 
and participate in the creation and circulation of 
media messages regardless of format, including 
learning the skills and dispositions to seek out, criti-
cally evaluate, and create media messages and un-
derstand the role of media and algorithmic informa-
tion systems in society. 
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