Charlie Kirk Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6695 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6695 To clarify United States policy with respect to limitations on the domestic dissemination of program material about the United States that was prepared or disseminated by the United States Agency for Global Media or its component networks. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2025 Mr. Ogles (for himself and Mr. Donalds) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To clarify United States policy with respect to limitations on the domestic dissemination of program material about the United States that was prepared or disseminated by the United States Agency for Global Media or its component networks. 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 ``Charlie Kirk Act''. SEC. 2. DISSEMINATION ABROAD OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES. (a) United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948.--Section 501 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 501. GENERAL AUTHORIZATION. ``(a) Dissemination of Information Abroad.--The Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media (referred to in this section as the `USAGM CEO'), working through its component networks, is authorized to provide for the preparation, and dissemination abroad, of information about the United States, its people, and its policies, through press, publications, radio, motion pictures, the internet, and other information media, and through information centers, instructors abroad, and other direct or indirect means of comm