House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 12, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9584.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLOTKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 142, September 12, 2024, Page H5231):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to award grants to state and local educational agencies, public libraries, and qualified nonprofit organizations to develop and promote media literacy and digital citizenship education for elementary and secondary school students.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 620 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9584, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9584
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
468704a06328a8a612d058d37371f67455d16cbf44bf3da7d6dc2bf4ad0d06cd
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elissa Slotkin.
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- H.R. 1370 (118th) Communications Security Act
- H.R. 2390 (118th) Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2023
- H.R. 1815 (118th) Expanding Veterans’ Options for Long Term Care Act
- H.R. 2852 (118th) Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.