United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5227 (93rd)
Newspersons' Information and Source Protection Act
Introduced
6 March 1973
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Status
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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3 September 2025
Summary
Newspersons' Information and Source Protection Act - Provides that no person shall be required to disclose before any grand jury, agency, department or commission of the United States or before either House of or committee of the Congress the source of any published or unpublished information obtained in the gathering, receiving or processing of information for any medium of communciation to the public.
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summary · EN · 6 March 1973
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/5227
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/93/hr/5227