US HR733 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-0)
Status: Introduced on September 27 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-09-27 - Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Education And The Workforce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Expressing concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.

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Title

Expressing concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.

Sponsors

Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY]
Rep. Shontel Brown [D-OH]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick [D-FL]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Glenn Ivey [D-MD]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Greg Landsman [D-OH]Rep. Summer Lee [D-PA]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]Rep. David Trone [D-MD]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA]Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]
Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. Daniel Goldman [D-NY]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Cori Bush [D-MO]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Andrea Salinas [D-OR]
Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]Rep. Shri Thanedar [D-MI]

History

DateChamberAction
2023-09-27HouseReferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2023-09-27HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SR372 (Same As) 2023-09-27 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4724-4725)
HR1499 (Same As) 2024-09-24 - Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
SR857 (Related) 2024-09-25 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S6448-6449)

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