HR 12 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0643
08/02
HOUSE RESOLUTION 12
A RESOLUTION urging Congress to amend the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2013.
SPONSORS: Rep. Belcher, Carr. 4; Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13; Rep. Polozov, Merr. 10
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This resolution urges Congress to amend the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2013.
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25-0643
08/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
A RESOLUTION urging Congress to amend the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2013.
Whereas, the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2013 amended federal law in repealing the longstanding prohibition on government propagandizing of the American people; and
Whereas, the lifting of this prohibition has had severely negative consequences for the American people and Granite Staters, seen government adopt preferred narratives thereby becoming an interested party in political debates, positioned the government as the arbiter of "truth" above the body politic, and facilitated psychological warfare techniques such as "nudge theory" against the American people; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives:
That we, the elected members of the house of representatives of the state of New Hampshire, hereby call on federal authorities to reinstate the prior, longstanding prohibition on propagandizing the American people by making necessary amendment to the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act.
Let it be further resolved that copies of this resolution be sent to the members of the New Hampshire Congressional delegation, the governor, the president of senate, the speaker of the house, and chair of the house state-federal relations committee.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 7, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 7, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 7, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
March 20, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA DV 192-150 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 92
Feb. 11, 2025: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
Feb. 11, 2025: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/07/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC)
Jan. 29, 2025: Executive Session: 02/07/2025 01:30 pm LOB 206-208
Jan. 29, 2025: Public Hearing: 02/07/2025 10:45 am LOB 206-208
Jan. 10, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs HJ 3 P. 10