To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish or carry out the activities of a Disinformation Governance Board of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7690
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2022-05-10
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the use of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funds to carry out the activities of a Disinformation Governance Board or to establish or carry out the activities of any other DHS entity that is substantially similar to the board.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7690 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 2022 Mr. McCarthy (for himself, Mrs. Boebert , Mr. Johnson of Louisiana , Mr. Pfluger , Mr. Scalise , Ms. Stefanik , and Mr. Katko ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish or carry out the activities of a Disinformation Governance Board of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on establishment of and funding for a disinformation governance board or similar entity No Federal funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of Homeland Security may be made available to— (1) carry out the activities of the Disinformation Governance Board of the Department of Homeland Security; or (2) establish or carry out the activities of any other entity within the Department that is substantially similar to the Disinformation Governance Board.