House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Big Tech Accountability Act
Official title: To foster accountability for digital content providers.
Sponsor: Rep. James McGovern D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 4, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 4, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 10300.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 141, September 4, 2026, Page H5516):Clause 3, Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution and Clause 18, Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 110 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10300, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10300
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James McGovern.
- H.R. 1834 (119th) To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
- H.Res. 780 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
- H.Res. 887 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 5439 (119th) Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act
- H.Con.Res. 68 (119th) To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
- H.Res. 317 (119th) Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.