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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1619 
To prohibit assistance, including assistance under the Foreign 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 
FEBRUARY 26, 2025 
Ms. MACE (for herself and Ms. SALAZAR) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit 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. 
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 ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN FOR-
EIGN GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated or otherwise made available for assist-
ance, including assistance under the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, for any fiscal year that begins on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act may be obligated 
or expended to provide assistance to the government 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) WAIVER.—Assistance prohibited by subsection (a) 
may be provided to a country described in that subsection 
if— 
(1) the President determines that national secu-
rity interests justify a waiver of subsection (a) with 
respect to the country; and 
(2) at least 15 days before the waiver takes ef-
fect, the President— 
(A) consults with the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate regarding the proposed waiver; and 
(B) submits to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives and the chairman of the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
a report containing— 
(i) the name of the recipient country; 
(ii) a description of the national secu-
rity interests which require the waiver; 
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(iii) the type and amount of and the 
justification for the assistance to be pro-
vided pursuant to the waiver; and 
(iv) the period of time during which 
such waiver will be effective. 
(d) 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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