,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djfg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bj1 #bjbe,mr4 
,williams of ,texas 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,mc,cormick7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the ,federal ,government from  
using funds to contract with or make    
awards to certain entities engaging in  
censorship1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title  ,this ,act may be cited  
as the ,protect the ,first ,amendment   
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on authorization
 of funding for covered entities and    
nonprofit organizations or other        
entities that engage in covered behavior
  7a7  ,in general  ,no funds are       
authorized to be used by the ,federal   
,government1 to contract with or grant  
awards to--  7#a7 a covered entity2 or  
7#b7 a nonprofit organization or other  
entity that engages in covered behavior4
  7b7 ,definitions ,in this section3    

7#a7 ,covered entity ,the term covered  
entity means--  7,a7 ,news,guard        
,technologies1 ,inc4 7doing business as 
,news,guard71 or any successor thereto2 
or  7,b7 ,disinformation ,index1 ,inc41 
,disinformation ,index1 ,ltd41 or       
,global ,disinformation ,index g,u,g    
7collectively doing business as ,global 
,disinformation ,index71 or and         
successor thereto4  7#b7 ,covered       
behavior ,the term covered behavior     
means operations1 activities1 or        
products1 the function of which is to   
demonetize or rate the credibility of a 
domestic entity 7including news and     
other information outlets7 based on the 
lawful speech of such domestic entity by
 purporting to evaluate whether such    
speech is misinformation1               
disinformation1 or malinformation4  7#c7
 ,nonprofit organization ,the term      
nonprofit organization means an         
organization that is described in       
section #eja7;c77#c7 of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aihf and that is     

exempt from taxation under section      
#eja7;a7 of such ,code4