End U.N. Censorship Act

End U.N. Censorship Act

This bill specifies that no federal funds may be made available to support the iVerify tool (a fact-checking tool developed by the United Nations Development Programme) or any other effort that seeks to label speech or expression as mal-, mis-, or dis-information.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 417 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 417

   To prohibit the use of United States contributions to the United 
  Nations to support the iVerify tool developed by the United Nations 
             Development Programme, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2025

   Mr. Cline (for himself, Mr. Cloud, and Mr. Ogles) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the use of United States contributions to the United 
  Nations to support the iVerify tool developed by the United Nations 
             Development Programme, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``End U.N. Censorship Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--No Federal funds made available to the Department 
of State or any other department or agency may be used--
            (1) to develop, implement, or otherwise support the iVerify 
        tool developed by the United Nations Development Programme;
            (2) for any other effort that seeks to label speech or 
        expression as mal-, mis-, or dis-information;
            (3) to make any voluntary contributions to the United 
        Nations or any entity of the United Nations that--
                    (A) fund, implement, develop, or otherwise support 
                the iVerify platform or any similar platform; or
                    (B) otherwise support initiatives that seek to 
                label speech or expression as mal-, mis-, or 
                disinformation; or
            (4) to make any contribution to any other international 
        organization for the purposes of funding, implementing, 
        developing, or otherwise supporting the iVerify platform or any 
        similar effort that seeks to label speech or expression as mal-
        , mis-, or disinformation.
    (b) Rescission.--Any amounts withheld pursuant to this section--
            (1) shall be permanently rescinded as of the date on which 
        the Secretary makes the determination described in subsection 
        (a)(1);
            (2) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury; 
        and
            (3) shall not be considered arrears to be repaid to the 
        United Nations or any entity of the United Nations.
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