Journalist Protection Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Journalist Protection Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients. The main policy domain is Foreign Policy, Environment, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients 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, foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H158E3A988832449FAFF06B9DDC996937: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Journalist Protection Act.
- Section HDAA2AB456F8245CCAAD017F7071FFC33: 2. Assault against journalists Chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section: The terms bodily...
- Section HFB69E9FFB2B94F94A12B81C07A789A37: 120. Assault against journalists In this section: The terms bodily injury and serious bodily injury have the meanings given those terms in section 1365(h). The...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Journalist Protection Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Policy, Environment, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, Journalist Protection Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Blumenthal (for himself and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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