HR9584-118

Introduced

To promote digital citizenship and media literacy.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 12, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To promote digital citizenship and media literacy., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Foreign Policy, Technology.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H08B049CD1E9641CC9DF76FDB51CBB509: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy Act.
  • Section H64ADD3F007CF498CB3401788DABEFFB6: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: People in the United States rely on information from mass media, social media, and digital media to make decisions...
  • Section H2FA79FB3B5444435861EC190D0606C20: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. The term digital...
  • Section HBC57E7DF3D4F4FE79A4AF24F3EC4C32E: 4. Grant program established The Assistant Secretary shall establish a program to promote media literacy, through which the Assistant Secretary shall award...
  • Section H928241FECD7C4DF6B7276315EC88B358: 5. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Assistant Secretary should— establish and maintain a list of— eligible entities that receive a grant...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To promote digital citizenship and media literacy., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Foreign Policy, Technology

Primary Purpose

This bill, To promote digital citizenship and media literacy., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Foreign Policy Technology

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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schools, students, and education providers: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 12, 2024

Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Foreign Policy Technology
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"qualified nonprofit organization" §H2FA79FB3B5444435861EC190D0606C20

an organization that— is described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code

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