28. Federal Communications Commission · Major · Needs Congress
Back legislation scrapping Section 230's current approach
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“The FCC should work with Congress on more fundamental Section 230 reforms that go beyond interpreting its current terms. Congress should do so by ensuring that Internet companies no longer have carte blanche to censor protected speech while maintaining their Section 230 protections.”
What has happened
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Two sunset bills were introduced in December 2025 (H.R. 6746, S. 3546) and referred to committee; neither chamber has acted, and no administration request to Congress on Section 230 was found.
No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
- Bills in the 119th Congress (Corpus
bills.ndjson, congress.gov actions API): H.R. 6746 Sunset To Reform Section 230 Act (introduced 2025-12-16, referred to Energy and Commerce) and S. 3546 Sunset Section 230 Act (introduced 2025-12-17, referred to Commerce). Introduction alone is not started under the playbook’s Requires-Congress rule; passage by either chamber would be attempted. - No presidential document, White House action or Federal Register document in the window mentions Section 230 (see the Chapter 28 log). The companion FCC-order ask is #2184.
- Scan triage 2026-09-11: a third sunset bill. H.R. 10332, Sunset Section 230 Act, was
introduced on 2026-09-10 by Rep. DeSaulnier (D-CA) and referred to Energy and Commerce. It shares a
short title with S. 3546 (Sen. Graham, R-SC), but congress.gov records no relationship between the
two (review 2026-09-11,
relatedbillsAPI). The text was not read. Under playbook §3b introduction is not started, and a member’s bill is not an administration request, so the rung does not move. The bill’s govinfo page was not opened and is not cited.
- Action
- restrict
- Object
- Section 230 of the Communications Act
- ID
- 2192