H.R. 4848 · 118th Congress

Censorship Accountability Act

Introduced on Jul 25, 2023 by Dan Bishop (R-NC-8). 38 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jul 11, 2024): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 479.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jul 25, 2023
Cosponsors
38
0 from the other party
Policy area
Law
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To provide for a right of action against Federal employees for violations of First Amendment rights.

Subjects

  • Civil actions and liability
  • First Amendment rights
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Lawyers and legal services

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Dan BishopR-NC-8Sponsor

Republicans · 38

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jul 25, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jul 25, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jul 25, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  4. Feb 29, 2024 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Feb 29, 2024 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 11.
  6. Jul 11, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-579.
  7. Jul 11, 2024 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-579.
  8. Jul 11, 2024 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 479.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO4 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  3. Heritage Action for America1 report
    $190K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.