HR 162referred119th Congress

First Amendment Accountability Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2025House billPolicy area: LawLast action Jan 3, 2025Sponsor: Harriet M. Hageman(R-WY)

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What the bill does

First Amendment Accountability Act This bill creates a new federal cause of action for the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the First Amendment by a federal employee acting under color of any statute, ordinance, custom, or usage of the United States. The term federal employee means an individual, other than the President or Vice President, who occupies a position in the Executive Branch.

Latest official action

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

$150.0K

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Jan 3, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 17, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by PROTECT THE 1ST, INC.

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by PROTECT THE 1ST, INC.

Jul 8, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by PROTECT THE 1ST, INC.

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Jan 3, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in House

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Jan 3, 2025IntroReferral

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

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Jan 3, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in House

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
GOODLATTE GROUP, LLC F.K.A. ROBERT GOODLATTE	PROTECT THE 1ST, INC.	$50.0K	Jul 8, 2025	2025Q2	CIVCONREL
GOODLATTE GROUP, LLC F.K.A. ROBERT GOODLATTE	PROTECT THE 1ST, INC.	$50.0K	Apr 17, 2025	2025Q1	CIVCONREL
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.