Repeal the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2013

This bill rewrites federal law on the government's information programs aimed at foreign audiences. It would ban the State Department and the U.S. Agency for Global Media from distributing those materials inside the United States or using their funds to influence public opinion in the United States. Members of the press and Congress could still review the materials on request, and Congress could use them for oversight. The materials would go to the National Archives and could be viewed by the public only after 20 years, carrying labels showing who made them and for which country.

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Sponsors

• Thomas Massie Republican sponsor
• 9 cosponsors