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S. 66 · 119th Congress

Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications Act

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Introduced: 1/9/2025
Current status: In committee
Introduced by: Eric Schmitt (R · MO)
Bill ID: 119s66
Latest official action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications Act This bill requires federal offices of inspectors general to include in their existing semiannual reports to Congress information about any communications between their department or agency and certain online platforms and services. Specifically, such reports must include details on the contents and circumstances of any communication or attempted communication with an internet platform, information content provider, or access software provider. Covered communications include those addressing specific online content, content moderation practices, and any other topic related to a platform's or service's data inputs, algorithms, modeling and simulation processes, analysis tools, or any related tool.

Source: BILLSUM · Summary date: 1/9/2025

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