,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #cfg #aagth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #daia    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,may #aa 7legislative day1    
,may #aj71 #bjbb,mr4 ,paul 7for himself1
 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4 ,braun1 
,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,cruz7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read the first time  ,may #aa1      
#bjbb,read the second time and placed on
 the calendar  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit  
the expenditure of ,federal funds for   
the establishment or operation of the   
,disinformation ,governance ,board in   
the ,department of ,homeland ,security4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,defund the ,ministry of ,truth 
,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,findings ,congress 
finds the following3 7#a7 ,the ,federal 
,government is not the sole arbiter of  
truth in a free society4  7#b7 ,efforts 
by the ,federal ,government to censor   
dissenting voices is a violation of the 
,first ,amendment rights of the         
,american people4  7#c7 ,the ,federal   

,government is itself prolific in the   
dissemination of misinformation1        
disinformation1 and malinformation4     
7#d7 ,george ,orwell's novel1 #aihd1    
which was originally published in #aidi1
 was a cautionary tale and a warning to 
future generations and was not intended 
to be an instruction manual for         
government repression4  #c4 ,prohibition
 against ,federal funding for the       
,disinformation ,governance ,board      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 no ,federal funding may be expended
 for the establishment or operation of  
the ,department of ,homeland ,security  
,disinformation ,governance ,board or   
any successor entity to the             
,disinformation ,governance ,board4  #d4
 ,conforming amendment to the ,homeland 
,security ,act of #bjjb ,section        
#bbjb7;i7 of the ,homeland ,security    
,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #feb7;i77 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in the subsection       
heading by inserting provisions after   
,savings2  7#b7 by striking may be      

construed as affecting and inserting the
 following3 may be construed as--  7#a7 
affecting  2  7#c7 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 or2   
and  7#d7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#b7 authorizing the        
establishment of any misinformation1    
disinformation1 or malinformation       
working group1 disinformation governance
 board1 or any similar entity within the
 ,department of ,homeland ,security 7or 
any component thereof7 unless such      
entity is explicitly authorized by an   
,act of ,congress that is enacted after 
the date of the enactment of the ,defund
 the ,ministry of ,truth ,act of #bjbb4 
4  ,may #aa1 #bjbb,read the second time 
and placed on the calendar