SPIN Act
The SPIN Act would amend the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to bar the dissemination of “such information” within the United States and its territories after it has been released abroad. In practical terms, information that is disseminated internationally by the U.S. government would not be publicly distributed inside the United States. If someone requests it, the information would be available in English at the Department of State for examination only by certain groups (U.S. press associations, newspapers, magazines, radio systems/stations) and by research students and scholars, and, upon request, to Members of Congress. The act is framed as a prohibition on domestic dissemination of foreign-information materials, with narrowly limited access channels.
Key Points
- 1Prohibits dissemination of information that was released abroad from being disseminated within the United States, its territories, or possessions.
- 2Allows access only “on request” in English at the Department of State for examination by specified groups: representatives of U.S. press associations, newspapers, magazines, radio systems and stations, and by research students and scholars; and, on request, to Members of Congress.
- 3Access is limited to examination; it is not broad public distribution inside the United States.
- 4Access is contingent on the material’s prior release abroad and is governed by an English-language requirement.
- 5The bill is titled the “Stopping Propaganda Indoctrination Nationally Act” (SPIN Act) and was introduced in the House in September 2025, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.