Restoring American Freedom Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3719 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3719 To prohibit the employees, officers, and agents of the Department of State, and persons and entities awarded grants or contracts or otherwise provided, directly or indirectly, Federal funds from the Department of State, from censoring the free speech of United States citizens. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2025 Mr. Huizenga (for himself, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Shreve, Mr. Self, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Guest, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, and Mr. Clyde) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the employees, officers, and agents of the Department of State, and persons and entities awarded grants or contracts or otherwise provided, directly or indirectly, Federal funds from the Department of State, from censoring the free speech of United States citizens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring American Freedom Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CENSORSHIP OF FREE SPEECH OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS. (a) Prohibiting Censorship of Free Speech.-- (1) In general.--Section 1(b)(3) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(G) monitor and ensure that-- ``(i) no Department employee, officer, and agent, and no person or entity awarded a grant or contract or otherwise provided, directly or indirectly, Federal funds from the Department, engages in or facilitates conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech (as such term is defined in section 2(b)(2)(C) of the Restoring American Freedom Act) of a Uni