Congress demands federal agencies disclose all pressure on social media to censor speech
H.R. 9133 — Accountability for Government Censorship Act · Filed by Scott Perry (R-PA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jun 3, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires every federal agency to report to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) within 90 days on all instances over the past 5 years when agency employees communicated with social media platforms or other online services to remove, suppress, add disclaimers to, or restrict access to lawful speech. The OMB must then compile these reports and submit them to Congress within 210 days, organized by platform, in unclassified form. Inspectors General must review agency compliance and report noncompliant agencies to Congress.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core mechanism is a mandatory reporting requirement designed to expose and document government communications with platforms aimed at suppressing lawful speech. It is fundamentally a transparency and accountability instrument, not a substantive restriction on agency power or a private benefit.
What the text implies
- The bill does not define 'lawful speech' or distinguish between government pressure and platform editorial discretion, creating ambiguity about what communications must be reported and potentially capturing routine policy discussions or platform requests for clarification.
- No enforcement mechanism or remedy is established for citizens whose speech was suppressed; the bill creates a reporting obligation but does not authorize courts or agencies to reverse censorship or award damages.
- The 5-year lookback period captures communications that may have been made under different administrations and legal theories, potentially creating political liability for prior officials without clarifying current legal authority.
- Agencies must disclose the names and positions of individual employees involved in communications, which may expose career staff to political targeting or harassment based on their role in lawful policy discussions.
- The bill does not address whether agencies may claim executive privilege, attorney-client privilege, or deliberative-process privilege over communications, creating potential conflict with OMB reporting obligations.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill creates transparency and accountability for government censorship of lawful speech—a genuine public interest in knowing whether executive agencies are pressuring platforms to suppress speech. However, the bill's scope is undefined: it does not specify what constitutes 'lawful speech,' does not distinguish between government pressure and platform editorial choice, and does not establish remedies or consequences for citizens harmed by such censorship. The reporting requirement is a transp
Named in the bill
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Executive Branch Agencies, Social Media Platforms, Interactive Computer Services, Inspectors General, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Section 230 of the Communications Act
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jun 3, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 3, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $10,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 25 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Scott Perry, the sponsor, reported $668,994 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- A New Policy Inc. — $10,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 14, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,677 characters) on Aug 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 14, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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