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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6695 
To clarify United States policy with respect to limitations on the domestic 
dissemination of program material about the United States that was 
prepared or disseminated by the United States Agency for Global Media 
or its component networks. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2025 
Mr. OGLES (for himself and Mr. DONALDS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To clarify United States policy with respect to limitations 
on the domestic dissemination of program material about 
the United States that was prepared or disseminated 
by the United States Agency for Global Media or its 
component networks. 
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 ‘‘Charlie Kirk Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISSEMINATION ABROAD OF INFORMATION ABOUT 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) UNITED
STATES
INFORMATION
AND
EDU-
CATIONAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 1948.—Section 501 of the 
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act 
of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 501. GENERAL AUTHORIZATION. 
‘‘(a) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABROAD.— 
The Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency 
for Global Media (referred to in this section as the 
‘USAGM CEO’), working through its component net-
works, is authorized to provide for the preparation, and 
dissemination abroad, of information about the United 
States, its people, and its policies, through press, publica-
tions, radio, motion pictures, the internet, and other infor-
mation media, and through information centers, instruc-
tors abroad, and other direct or indirect means of commu-
nication. Except as provided in subsection (b), any such 
information (other than ‘Problems of Communism’ and 
the ‘English Teaching Forum’, which may be sold by the 
Government Publishing Office) may not be disseminated 
within the United States, its territories, or possessions. 
However, such information may be made available in the 
English language at the Department of State, at all rea-
sonable times following its release as information abroad, 
for examination only by representatives of United States 
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press associations, newspapers, magazines, radio systems, 
and stations, and by research students and scholars, and 
on request, shall be made available for examination by 
Members of Congress. 
‘‘(b) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION WITHIN THE 
UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The USAGM CEO shall 
make available to the Archivist of the United States 
(referred to in this subsection as the ‘Archivist’), for 
domestic distribution, motion pictures, films, video, 
audio, and other materials prepared for dissemina-
tion abroad beginning 12 years after the date on 
which— 
‘‘(A) such material was initially dissemi-
nated abroad; or 
‘‘(B) the material was prepared, if such 
material was never disseminated abroad. 
‘‘(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—The USAGM CEO 
shall be reimbursed for any expenses resulting from 
the implementation of paragraph (1). Such reim-
bursement shall be credited to the applicable appro-
priation of the United States Agency for Global 
Media. 
‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ARCHIVIST.— 
The Archivist— 
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‘‘(A) shall be the official custodian of the 
material described in paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) shall promulgate regulations to en-
sure that persons seeking the release of such 
material— 
‘‘(i) have secured necessary United 
States rights and licenses; and 
‘‘(ii) have paid a fee, in accordance 
with section 2116(c) of title 44, United 
States Code, which is sufficient to cover 
the costs incurred by the Archivist to pro-
vide such material to such persons; and 
‘‘(C) all fees collected pursuant to subpara-
graph (B)(ii) are paid into, administered, and 
expended as part of the National Archives 
Trust Fund. 
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to require the USAGM CEO to 
make material disseminated abroad available in any for-
mat other than in the format disseminated abroad.’’. 
(b) FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FIS-
CAL YEARS 1986 AND 1987.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 208 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 
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1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 208. BAN ON DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED 
STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
sections (b) and (c) and in section 501 of the United 
States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461)— 
‘‘(1) amounts appropriated to the United States 
Agency for Global Media or its component networks 
(referred to collectively in this section as ‘USAGM’) 
may not be used to influence public opinion in the 
United States; and 
‘‘(2) no program material prepared by USAGM 
may be distributed within the United States. 
‘‘(b) EXEMPTION.—The limitation under subsection 
(a) shall not apply to programs carried out pursuant to 
the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.). 
‘‘(c) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed to prohibit any employee of the United 
States Agency for Global Media from responding to inquir-
ies from members of the public about USAGM operations, 
policies, or programs.’’. 
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