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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-5
PROTECTING SPEECH FROM GOVERNMENT
INTERFERENCE ACT
MARCH 2, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. COMER, from the Committee on Oversight and Accountability,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 140]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Oversight and Accountability, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 140) to amend title 5, United States Code,
to prohibit Federal employees from advocating for censorship of
viewpoints in their official capacity, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Summary and Purpose of Legislation ................................................................... 4
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 4
Section-by-Section Analysis ................................................................................... 7
Legislative History ................................................................................................. 8
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 9
Roll Call Votes ......................................................................................................... 9
Explanation of Am endm ents ................................................................................... 18
List of Related Com m ittee Hearings ...................................................................... 18
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 19
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 19
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 19
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 19
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 19
Federal Advisory Committee Act Statement ......................................................... 19
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Statement ......................................................... 20
Earmark Identification ............................................................................................ 20
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