US Congress House Bill 4527 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-0)
Status: Introduced on December 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-12-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stop HATE Act of 2017 Stop Harmful and Abusive Telecommunications Expression Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice to report about the role of telecommunications in violent acts and the commission of crimes of hate against individuals or groups of individuals on the basis of race, gender and gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, color, or national origin. The report must analyze information about the use of telecommunications to advocate and encourage violent acts and the commission of crimes of hate, including: (1) the role that such telecommunications are playing in giving groups that advocate and commit such crimes a platform to spread their messages and to organize; (2) how such use and the role of telecommunications have changed with new forms of communication on the Internet and other electronic media; and (3) any recommendations, consistent with the First Amendment, necessary to address such use and such role of telecommunications.

Stop HATE Act of 2017 Stop Harmful and Abusive Telecommunications Expression Act of 2017

Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-12-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2017-12-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-12-01	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4527/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4527/BILLS-115hr4527ih.pdf