H.R.4782: National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act

About This Bill

  • Introduced Oct. 22, 2019
  • Latest Major Action Dec. 21, 2020

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Bill Summary

National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act This bill establishes the National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security to address content on online and social media platforms that implicates national security concerns. Specifically, the commission shall identify, examine, and report on the ways online platforms have been used in furtherance or support of targeted violence or covert foreign state influence...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Bill Actions

Date Description
Dec. 21, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 566.
Dec. 21, 2020

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

Dec. 21, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-683, Part I.
Nov. 4, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Oct. 23, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Oct. 23, 2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Oct. 23, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct. 22, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct. 22, 2019

Introduced in the House by Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

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