House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Broadcast Freedom and Independence Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that the Federal Communications Commission may not take action against a broadcast licensee or any other person on the basis of viewpoint, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Doris Matsui D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1880.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MATSUI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 42, March 5, 2025, Page H1010):Amendment I of the Constitution; Section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 75 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1880, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1880
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 January 28, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Darren Soto (D-FL), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doris Matsui.
- H.R. 952 (119th) Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act
- H.R. 2140 (119th) Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
- H.R. 2449 (119th) FUTURE Networks Act
- H.R. 5200 (119th) Emergency Reporting Act
- H.R. 5201 (119th) Kari's Law Reporting Act
- H.Res. 1208 (119th) Expressing support for honoring Earth Day, and for other purposes.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.