House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protect the First Amendment Act
Official title: To prohibit the Federal Government from using funds to contract with or make awards to certain entities engaging in censorship, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 20, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4067.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 106, June 20, 2025, Page H2838):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4067, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4067
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4282ba079199c6688306c3204bda13b110e328a8d7791308a68f8ad4b2e13596
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 July 21, 2025). 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roger Williams.
- H.R. 5100 (119th) To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3174 (119th) Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act
- H.R. 1642 (119th) Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
- H.R. 5763 (119th) Main Street Parity Act
- H.R. 826 (119th) COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026
- H.R. 1549 (119th) China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2025
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.