,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bejj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bh1     
#bjba,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,scott of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1 ,ms4 
,lummis1 and ,mr4 ,johnson7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require providers of   
interactive computer services to        
publicly disclose information relating  
to requests or recommendations made by  
government entities to moderate content1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,preventing ,restrictions and           
,empowering ,speakers to ,enable ,robust
 and ,varied ,exchanges in ,online      
,speech or the ,,preserve ,online       
,speech ,act4  #b4 ,public disclosure of
 request or recommendation to moderate  
content  7a7 ,definitions ,in this      
section-- 7#a7 the term ,commission     
means the ,federal ,communications      

,commission2  7#b7 the term government  
entity means-- 7,a7 a ,united ,states or
 foreign government entity2 and  7,b7 an
 entity acting on behalf of an entity   
described in subparagraph 7,a72 and     
7#c7 the terms information content      
provider and interactive computer       
service have the meanings given those   
terms in section #bcj of the            
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bcj74  7b7 ,requirement ,to  
disclose ,except as provided in         
subsection 7c71 not later than #g days  
after the date on which a government    
entity requests or recommends that a    
provider of an interactive computer     
service moderate content on the         
interactive computer service1 including 
editing1 deleting1 throttling1 limiting 
the reach of1 reducing or eliminating   
the ability of an information content   
provider to earn revenue from1 or       
comment upon1 information provided by an
 information content provider1          
terminating or limiting an account or   

usership1 and any other content         
moderation1 promotion1 and other        
curation practices1 the provider shall  
issue a public disclosure on a public   
website hosted by the provider that     
includes-- 7#a7 specific information    
about the request or recommendation2    
7#b7 the government entity that made the
 request or recommendation and the point
 of contact for that government entity2 
7#c7 the rationale for the request or   
recommendation2 and  7#d7 any steps     
taken by the provider as a result of the
 request or recommendation4  7c7        
,exception ,subsection 7b7 shall not    
apply with respect to actions taken by a
 provider of an interactive computer    
service as a result of a ,federal law   
enforcement proceeding or is in the     
interest of national security4  7d7     
,fines for noncompliance ,any provider  
of an interactive computer service that 
does not comply with the requirements   
under subsection 7b7 shall be fined     
#ej1jjj per day of noncompliance1 which 

fines shall be collected by the         
,commission for deposit in the ,rural   
,digital ,opportunity ,fund4  7e7       
,annual report ,the ,commission shall1  
on an annual basis1 compile and submit  
to the ,committees on the ,judiciary of 
the ,senate and the ,house of           
,representatives a report that includes 
the contents of each public disclosure  
made by a provider of an interactive    
computer service under subsection 7b7   
during the year covered by the report4