S. 4575: FIGHT Censorship Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-09-15 · International Affairs · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-09-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

FIGHT Censorship Act

Plain summary

Free the Internet around the Globe to Hack Tyranny and Censorship Act or the FIGHT Censorship Act This bill establishes an Internet Freedom Task Force to report on the state of global internet freedom, requires the Department of State to annually designate countries that do not provide sufficient internet freedom to their residents, and requires the State Department to administer a grant program to promote internet freedom policies worldwide. The bill also establishes and provides funding for the Stop the CCP Initiative Fund to support the development of technologies to counter and circumvent internet censorship within China and to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms on the internet.

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Official text

FIGHT Censorship Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · 0 cosponsors

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Ballot initiative: A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s4575.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s4575 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116