I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9700 
To prohibit bilateral economic assistance, including assistance under the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, to foreign governments that abridge the 
right to free speech that would be speech protected by the Constitution 
of the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 
Ms. MACE (for herself and Mr. BURCHETT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit bilateral economic assistance, including assist-
ance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to for-
eign governments that abridge the right to free speech 
that would be speech protected by the Constitution of 
the United States, 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 Funds for Fascists 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSIST-
ANCE TO CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated or otherwise made available for bilateral 
economic assistance, including assistance under the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, for any fiscal year that be-
gins on or after the date of the enactment of this Act may 
be obligated or expended to provide assistance to the gov-
ernment of any foreign country if the Secretary of State 
determines that— 
(1) such government, or any employee acting 
under official authority or influence— 
(A) abridges the right to free speech that 
would be speech protected by the Constitution 
of the United States; or 
(B) censors speech that would be speech 
protected by the Constitution of the United 
States; and 
(2) such government, or any employee acting 
under official authority or influence, uses any form 
of communication (without regard to whether the 
communication is visible to members of the public) 
to direct, coerce, compel, or encourage a provider of 
a covered platform to take, suggest or imply that a 
provider of a covered platform should take, or re-
quest that a provider of a covered platform take, any 
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action to censor speech that would be speech pro-
tected by the Constitution of the United States. 
(b) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—The Sec-
retary of State shall publish in the Federal Register each 
determination made under subsection (a). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘covered platform’’ means— 
(A) an interactive computer service, as 
that term is defined in section 230(f) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
230(f)); and 
(B) any platform through which a media 
organization disseminates information, without 
regard to whether the organization disseminates 
that information— 
(i) through broadcast or print; 
(ii) online; or 
(iii) through any other channel; and 
(2) the term ‘‘employee acting under official au-
thority or influence’’, with respect to a foreign gov-
ernment, means— 
(A) any employee of such government; and 
(B) includes— 
(i) a head of state or head of such 
government; and 
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(ii) an individual working under con-
tract with such government. 
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