Defending Against Foreign Propaganda Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5956 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5956 To require certain disclosures on advertisements paid for by the governments of foreign countries or by foreign persons, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 7, 2025 Mr. Kean introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require certain disclosures on advertisements paid for by the governments of foreign countries or by foreign persons, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Defending Against Foreign Propaganda Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE WITH RESPECT TO ADVERTISEMENTS PAID FOR BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND FOREIGN PERSONS. (a) Requirement.-- (1) In general.--A person may not disseminate to a consumer an advertisement paid for by the government of a foreign country or by a foreign person without disclosing to the consumer, in the manner described in paragraph (2), that the advertisement was paid for by such government or by such person. (2) Manner described.--The manner described in this paragraph is the following: (A) With respect to an advertisement that includes a sound component, a disclosure made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be included in the advertisement as a sound component. (B) With respect to an advertisement that includes a printed language component, a disclosure made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be included in the advertisement as a printed language component. (C) With respect to an advertisement that includes a video component, a disclosure made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be included i