Roger Williams: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, insert the following new section: SEC. 8__. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR COVERED ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER ENTITIES THAT ENGAGE IN COVERED BEHAVIOR. (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 may be used to contract with or grant awards to-- (1) a covered entity; or (2) a nonprofit organization or other entity that engages in covered behavior. (b) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``covered entity'' means-- (A) NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. (doing business as ``NewsGuard''); or (B) Disinformation Index, Inc., Disinformation Index, Ltd., or Global Disinformation Index gUG (collectively doing business as ``Global Disinformation Index''). (2) The term ``covered behavior'' means operations, activities, or products, the function of which is to demonetize or rate the credibility of a domestic entity (including news and information outlets) based on lawful speech of such domestic entity under the stated function of ``fact-checking'' misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation. (3) The term ``nonprofit organization'' means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.…”