THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
Federal HB5981 (2023)
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to be used to support drag theater performances.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Session
- 118th Congress
- Stage reported
- Introduced
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Censorship: Drag Ban
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Nov 6, 2023) at Congress.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Introduced in House | |
| House | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. |
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