S.417

INFORM Act Informing a Nation with Free, Open, and Reliable Media Act of 2025

Informing a Nation with Free, Open, and Reliable Media Act of 2025

Introduced·2/5/25
Introduced

S. 417

Introduced in Senate · March 7, 2025

February 5, 2025

Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To develop a strategy for increasing access to independent information for Chinese citizens, to establish an interagency task force to carry out such strategy, and for other purposes.

1. Short titles; table of contents; 2. Definitions; 3. Findings; 4. Sense of Congress; 5. Statement of policy; 6. Strategy for increasing access to independent information for citizens of the People’s Republic of China; 7. Establishment of the Global News Service; 8. Increasing coordination and resources for censorship circumvention, secure sharing, and content creation initiatives; 9. Addressing the lack of reciprocity between the United States and the People’s Republic of China in the information space

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,