119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 9, 2025
Censorship Accountability Act
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Latest action (Jan 9, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 9, 2025)
Censorship 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.
No cosponsors.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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Civil actions and liability · First Amendment rights · Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management · Lawyers and legal services
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7 citations.
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$310,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tions on the Executive Calendar. S. 21, REMOTE Act S. 26, To exclude locality adjustments from average pay for computing retirement annuities of new employees. S. 67, Censorship Accountability Act S. 82, Telework Reform Act of 2025 S. 102, ROOMIE Act S. 135, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025 S. 295, Reduc…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$340,000
Spent on own lobbying
…current and future generations. S. 21, REMOTE Act S. 26, To exclude locality adjustments from average pay for computing retirement annuities of new employees. S. 67, Censorship Accountability Act S. 82, Telework Reform Act of 2025 S. 102, ROOMIE Act S. 135, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025 S. 295, Reduc…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 13, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$310,000
Spent on own lobbying
…current and future generations. S. 21, REMOTE Act S. 26, To exclude locality adjustments from average pay for computing retirement annuities of new employees. S. 67, Censorship Accountability Act S. 82, Telework Reform Act of 2025 S. 102, ROOMIE Act S. 135, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025 S. 295, Reduc…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$350,000
Spent on own lobbying
…sed costs for American families. S. 21, REMOTE Act S. 26, To exclude locality adjustments from average pay for computing retirement annuities of new employees. S. 67, Censorship Accountability Act S. 82, Telework Reform Act of 2025 S. 102, ROOMIE Act S. 135, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025 S. 295, Reduc…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$300,000
Spent on own lobbying
…sed costs for American families. S. 21, REMOTE Act S. 26, To exclude locality adjustments from average pay for computing retirement annuities of new employees. S. 67, Censorship Accountability Act S. 82, Telework Reform Act of 2025 S. 102, ROOMIE Act S. 135, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025 S. 295, Reduc…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$350,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ut cause since January 20, 2025. S. 21, REMOTE Act S. 26, To exclude locality adjustments from average pay for computing retirement annuities of new employees. S. 67, Censorship Accountability Act S. 82, Telework Reform Act of 2025 S. 102, ROOMIE Act S. 135, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025 S. 295, Reduc…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$300,000
Spent on own lobbying
…S. 1171, COST of Relocations Act S. 21, REMOTE Act S. 26, To exclude locality adjustments from average pay for computing retirement annuities of new employees. S. 67, Censorship Accountability Act S. 82, Telework Reform Act of 2025 S. 102, ROOMIE Act S. 135, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025 S. 295, Reduc…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing