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No Taxpayer Funded Platform for Chinese Communists Act

Source: Congress.gov · 391 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill prevents the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) from using federal money to give a platform to the People's Republic of China, Chinese Communist Party members, or organizations they own or control. The bill also requires USAGM to report on whether it has provided such platforms in the past five years.

Who It Affects

The United States Agency for Global Media and its broadcast entities and grantee organizations (partner groups that receive money from USAGM).

Key Provisions

• No federal funding given to USAGM can be used to provide an open platform (a space to speak or broadcast) for representatives of the People's Republic of China, members of the Chinese Communist Party, or any entity owned or controlled by either organization. (Sec. 2(a)) • USAGM must submit a report to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Senate Committee on Foreign Relations describing whether any of its broadcast entities or grantee organizations provided a platform to these groups at any time during the five years before the report. (Sec. 2(b)) • The USAGM report must be made available on a publicly accessible government website. (Sec. 2(b))

What Changes

If this bill becomes law, USAGM cannot spend federal money to give representatives of the People's Republic of China, Chinese Communist Party members, or their controlled entities a platform to speak or broadcast. USAGM must also investigate and publicly report whether this has happened in the past five years.

Important Definitions

None explicitly defined in the bill text.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 315 To prohibit certain funding made available to the United States Agency for Global Media relating to provision of an open platform for China, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 12, 2023 Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit certain funding made available to the United States Agency for Global Media relating to provision of an open platform for China, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 The Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Taxpayer Funded 4 Platform for Chinese Communists Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 Mar 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H315.IH H315 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 315 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN FUNDING RELATING TO 1 PROVISION OF AN OPEN PLATFORM FOR 2 CHINA. 3 (a) FUNDING PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any 4 other provision of law, no funding made available to the 5 United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) may 6 be used to provide an open platform for representatives 7 of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), members of the 8 Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any entity owned or 9 controlled by the PRC or CCP. 10 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 11 of the enactment of this Act, the USAGM shall submit 12 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep- 13 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 14 the Senate a report describing whether or not any of its 15 broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, has 16 provided at any time during the five-year period imme- 17 diately preceding such report an open platform for rep- 18 resentatives of the PRC, members of the CCP, or any enti- 19 ty owned or controlled by the PRC or CCP. Such report 20 shall be made available on a publicly available website by 21 the Federal Government. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 Mar 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H315.IH H315 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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