Free All Speech Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2416
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2014-06-03
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

First Amendment rights

News media and reporting

Television and film
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Free All Speech Act of 2014 - Requires any law that restricts political speech of American citizens to apply with equal force to media corporations (such as the New York Times, the American Broadcasting Company [ABC], the National Broadcasting Company [NBC], and the CBS Television Network). </p> <p>Prohibits such a law from having any force or effect with respect to American citizens to the extent that its application to a media corporation is found unconstitutional.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2416 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 3, 2014 Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To apply laws that restrict the political speech of American citizens to media corporations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Free All Speech Act of 2014 . 2. Application of laws that restrict the political speech of American citizens to media corporations (a) In general Any law that restricts the political speech of American citizens shall apply with equal force to media corporations, such as the New York Times, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), and the CBS Television Network. (b) No application to American citizens if application to media corporations found unconstitutional To the extent that the application of a law to a media corporation under subsection (a) is found unconstitutional, such law shall have no force or effect with respect to American citizens.