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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-299
PROTECT REPORTERS FROM EXPLOITATIVE STATE
SPYING ACT
DECEMBER 1, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. JORDAN, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 4250]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 4250) to maintain the free flow of information to the public
by establishing appropriate limits on the federally compelled disclo-
sure of information obtained as part of engaging in journalism, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 1
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 2
Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 6
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 6
Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 8
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 8
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 8
Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects ............................................................ 9
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 9
Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 9
Advisory on Earmarks ............................................................................................ 9
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 9
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 9
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 10
Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 10
Purpose and Summary
H.R. 4250, the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying
Act, introduced by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), will prohibit the fed-
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