Overview

• Lee formally introduced the measure Thursday, naming it for Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot on Sept. 10 during a speaking event in Utah.
• The proposal seeks to restore pre-2013 limits that prevented U.S. government-funded foreign-broadcast materials from being distributed domestically.
• Key provisions include a 12-year embargo on USAGM-produced media in the United States and a bar on using such content to influence Americans.
• Republican Sen. Roger Marshall is a cosponsor and publicly backed the effort to prevent government propaganda from targeting U.S. citizens.
• The legislation follows a unanimously approved Senate resolution condemning Kirk’s killing and currently sits at the introduction stage with no committee action yet.