An amendment in the newly House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would bar the federal government from providing support to film studios that censor products at the request of China’s communist regime.
The Stopping Communist Regimes from Engaging in Edits Now Act (SCREEN Act) was included in the House version of the FY24 NDAA as an amendment.
The amendment, first introduced in February 2022 and reintroduced to the current Congress by Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) in March, would prevent the federal government from assisting studios in Hollywood with the production of a film if that film is co-produced by a Chinese company….