Raising the Bar Act of 2019

Summary

Raising the Bar Act of 2019 This bill establishes an exercise program to flag online terrorist content. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate a lead institution to administer a voluntary online terrorist content moderation exercise program to test how well participating technology companies (e.g., social media platforms) adhere to their own content moderation policies and procedures.

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Timeline

1. 21 November 2019

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 November 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 21 November 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 9 December 2019

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 21 November 2019 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 21 November 2019

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 21 November 2019

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 21 November 2019

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Sponsors

• Max Rose · D · Sponsor
• Bennie Thompson · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] · D · Sponsor
• Kathleen Rice · D · Sponsor
• Lauren Underwood · D · Sponsor
• Donald Payne · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Val Demings · D · Cosponsor
• Ann Kuster · D · Cosponsor
• · hshm00 · Standing

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