,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #d1         
#bjba,mr4 ,des,jarlais introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,communications
 ,act of #aicd to protect constitutional
 rights from online platform censorship1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protecting ,constitutional ,rights from
 ,online ,platform ,censorship ,act4    
#b4 ,protection of ,constitutional      
,rights  7a7 ,in general ,section       
#bcj7;c7 of the ,communications ,act of 
#aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bcj7 is amended-- 
7#a7 in the heading1 by striking        
,protection for ,good ,samaritan        
,blocking and ,screening of ,offensive  
,material and inserting ,blocking and   
screening of lawful and ,constitutional 
material2 and  7#b7 by amending         
paragraph 7#b7 to read as follows3  7#b7
 ,prohibition  7,a7 ,in general ,it     

shall be unlawful for any internet      
platform to take an action to restrict  
access to or the availability of        
protected material of a user of such    
platform4  7,b7 ,private right of action
 ,if an internet platform takes an      
action to restrict access to or the     
availability of protected material of a 
user of such platform1 such user may    
bring an action in an appropriate ,state
 court or an appropriate district court 
of the ,united ,states against such     
platform to obtain the relief described 
under subparagraph 7,c74  7,c7 ,relief  
,a user that prevails in a civil action 
under subparagraph 7,b7 may obtain      
monetary relief of not less than #aj1jjj
 but not more than #ej1jjj per action   
described under subparagraph 7,a74  7,d7
 ,protected material defined ,in this   
paragraph1 the term protected material  
means material that is protected under  
the ,constitution or otherwise protected
 under ,federal1 ,state1 or local law4  
4  7b7 ,effective date ,this ,act1 and  

the amendments made by this ,act1 shall 
take effect #cj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4