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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1162 
To require the Office of Management and Budget to report to Congress 
on actions taken by Executive branch employees to censor lawful speech, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2023 
Mr. PERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To require the Office of Management and Budget to report 
to Congress on actions taken by Executive branch em-
ployees to censor lawful speech, 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 ‘‘Accountability for Gov-
ernment Censorship Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORTS ON FEDERAL AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS 
WITH PLATFORMS REGARDING CENSORSHIP 
OF SPEECH. 
(a) AGENCY REPORT TO OMB.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each 
agency shall submit a report to the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget listing each in-
stance during the 5-year period immediately pre-
ceding the date of enactment of this Act that an of-
ficer or employee of the agency communicated with 
a platform (including an interactive computer serv-
ice) that is not owned and operated by the Federal 
Government for the purposes of— 
(A) removing or suppressing lawful speech, 
in whole or in part, from or on any platform; 
(B) adding any disclaimer, information, or 
other alert to lawful speech expressed on any 
platform; or 
(C) removing or restricting the access of 
any person or entity to any platform. 
(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—With respect 
to any communication listed pursuant to paragraph 
(1), the head of the agency shall include the fol-
lowing information: 
(A) The name of the sub-agency, bureau, 
or office at which the officer or employee is em-
ployed. 
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(B) The name of any officer or employee 
involved in the communication, including their 
position and direct supervisor or supervisors. 
(C) The statutory authority for making the 
communication (if any), and if no such author-
ity exists, an explanation for why the agency 
viewed it in their authority to take the action. 
(D) The name of the platform that re-
ceived the communication, including the name 
and positions of employees of the platform that 
were specifically communicated with. 
(E) A written justification summarizing 
and explaining the purpose for taking the com-
munication. 
(F) A written summary of the outcome of 
the communication. 
(G) A list of any other agency that was in-
volved in, consulted with, or otherwise coordi-
nated on the communication. 
(3) CERTIFICATION OF NO COMMUNICATIONS.— 
If an officer or employee of an agency has not en-
gaged in a communication described under para-
graph (1) during such 5-year period, the head of 
that agency shall submit to the Director a certifi-
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cation to that effect not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) OMB REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 210 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the 
House of Representatives a report, which may in-
clude a classified annex, that includes— 
(A) the information on communications 
submitted to the Director by any agency pursu-
ant to subsection (a); and 
(B) a summary of the agency communica-
tions reported under subsection (a) organized 
by platform (including an interactive computer 
service) that received such communications. 
(2) UNCLASSIFIED FORM.—The information in-
cluded in the report submitted by the Director list-
ing communications under subsection (a), descrip-
tions of such communications under each of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (a)(2), 
and the summary under paragraph (1)(B) of this 
paragraph may not be included in any classified 
annex and shall be submitted in unclassified form. 
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(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 551(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, and includes any office within the Executive 
Office of the President; 
(2) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget; and 
(3) the term ‘‘interactive computer service’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 230(f) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)). 
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