2(4)(A)(ii)(I) who violates any provision of 
paragraph (1), in addition to any discipline that 
may be applicable under subparagraph (A) of 
this paragraph, that employee shall be barred 
from working under any contract with the Fed-
eral Government. 
(b) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A person, the account, con-
tent, speech, or other information of which has been 
affected in violation of this section, may bring a civil 
action in the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia for reasonable attorneys’ fees, 
injunctive relief, and actual damages against— 
(A) the applicable Executive agency; and 
(B) the employee of the applicable Execu-
tive agency who committed the violation. 
(2) PRESUMPTION OF LIABILITY.—In a civil ac-
tion brought under paragraph (1), there shall be a 
rebuttable presumption against the applicable Exec-
utive agency or employee if the person bringing the 
action demonstrates that the applicable employee 
communicated with a provider on a matter relating 
to— 
(A) covered information with respect to 
that person; or 
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(B) a statement made by that person on 
the applicable covered platform. 
SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
once every 90 days thereafter, the head of each Executive 
agency shall submit to the Director and the chair and 
ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Over-
sight and Accountability of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report that discloses, for the period covered 
by the report, each communication between a representa-
tive of a provider and an employee of that Executive agen-
cy— 
(1) including any such communication that con-
stitutes a violation of section 4(a)(1); and 
(2) not including any such communication that 
relates to combating child pornography or exploi-
tation, human trafficking, or the illegal transporting 
or transacting in controlled substances. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include, with respect to a communication 
described in that subsection— 
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(1) the name and professional title of each em-
ployee and each representative of a provider engaged 
in the communication; and 
(2) if the communication constitutes a violation 
of section 4(a)(1)— 
(A) a detailed explanation of the nature of 
the violation; and 
(B) the date of the violation. 
(c) PUBLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 days after 
the date on which the Director receives a report 
under subsection (a), the Director shall— 
(A) collect the report and assign the report 
a unique tracking number; and 
(B) publish on a publicly accessible and 
searchable website the contents of the report 
and the tracking number for the report. 
(2) SUBJECT OF REPORT.—With respect to a 
report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of which 
an individual is a subject, not later than the end of 
the business day following the business day on which 
the report is submitted, the Director shall make a 
reasonable effort to contact any person or entity di-
rectly affected by a violation of this Act described in 
the report to inform that person of the report. 
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SEC. 6. CYBERSECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SECURITY 
AGENCY REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub-
mit to the Director and the chair and ranking member 
of the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Over-
sight and Accountability of the House of Representatives 
a report that discloses any action of an employee of the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency that— 
(1) occurred between November 16, 2018, and 
the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) would have been in violation of section 
4(a)(1). 
SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF DISINFORMATION GOVERNANCE 
BOARD. 
(a) TERMINATION.—The Disinformation Governance 
Board established by the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, if in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, 
is terminated. 
(b) PROHIBITION AGAINST FEDERAL FUNDING.—No 
Federal funds may be used to establish or support the ac-
tivities of any other entity that is substantially similar to 
the Disinformation Governance Board terminated pursu-
ant to subsection (a). 
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SEC. 
8. 
PROHIBITION 
ON 
MISINFORMATION 
AND 
DISINFORMATION GRANTS. 
The head of an Executive agency may not award a 
grant relating to programming on misinformation or 
disinformation. 
SEC. 9. GRANT TERMS. 
(a) CERTIFICATION.—The recipient of a grant award-
ed by an Executive agency on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act shall certify to the head of the Executive 
agency that the recipient or a subgrantee of the recipient, 
during the term of the grant, will not designate any cre-
ator of news content, regardless of medium, as a source 
of misinformation or disinformation. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 10 days after the 
date on which an Executive agency awards a grant, the 
head of the Executive agency shall publish the certification 
received under subsection (a) with respect to the grant on 
Grants.gov, or any successor website. 
(c) PENALTY.—Upon a determination by the head of 
an Executive agency that a recipient or subgrantee of a 
recipient has violated the certification of the recipient 
under subsection (a), the recipient or subgrantee, respec-
tively, shall— 
(1) repay the grant associated with the certifi-
cation; and 
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