H.R. 4330: PRESS Act
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H.R. 4330: PRESS Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-01 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
PRESS Act
Plain summary
Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act or the PRESS Act This bill prohibits the federal government from compelling journalists and providers of telecommunications services (e.g., phone and internet companies) to disclose certain protected information, except in limited circumstances such as to prevent terrorism or imminent violence. Specifically, the bill protects from disclosure any information identifying a source, as well as any records, contents of a communication, documents, or information obtained or created by journalists in the course of their work. Further, the bill protects specified third parties, such as telecommunications carriers or social media companies, from being compelled to provide testimony or any document consisting of a record, information, or other communication that is stored by the third party on behalf of a journalist.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] · 7 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4330, PRESS Act (2022-10-06)
Cosponsors on this site
Ted Lieu (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] reported raising $9.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr4330.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr4330 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117