H.R. 5460

Summary

H.R. 5460, the FREE SPEECH Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Sep 18, 2025 by Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D). It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Sep 18, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 5460 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 5460 IH: Freedom from Regulatory Enforcement and Evaluation of Speech Policies to Ensure Editorial Choice Holds Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-18
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5460  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 18, 2025   Ms. Crockett  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from requiring any entity regulated by the Commission to align the speech of such entity with the political ideology of any presidential administration, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Freedom from Regulatory Enforcement and Evaluation of Speech Policies to Ensure Editorial Choice Holds Act of 2025   or the   FREE SPEECH Act of 2025  .
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Prohibition
The Federal Communications Commission may not require any entity regulated by the Commission to align the speech of such entity with the political ideology of any presidential administration, including through any rule or order issued by the Commission or as a condition of granting approval for a merger or acquisition or any other approval required by the Commission.

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To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from requiring any entity regulated by the Commission to align the speech of such entity with the political ideology of any presidential administration, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) sponsors H.R. 5460 alone.

Jasmine Crockett

Rep. · D–TX-30 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 5460 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Sep 18, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5460 has taken 2 actions since Sep 18, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5460 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5460 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• FREE SPEECH Act of 2025 — Display Title
• FREE SPEECH Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Freedom from Regulatory Enforcement and Evaluation of Speech Policies to Ensure Editorial Choice Holds Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from requiring any entity regulated by the Commission to align the speech of such entity with the political ideology of any presidential administration, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 4 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5460 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5460 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5460’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

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