Text of US HB 7757 (2026)

I 119TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7757 To protect children and teens online, empower parents and strengthen families, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 3, 2026 Mr. GUTHRIE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris- diction of the committee concerned A BILL To protect children and teens online, empower parents and strengthen families, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 ‘‘Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act’’ or the ‘‘KIDS 5 Act’’. 6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7 this Act is as follows: 8 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7757 IH TITLE I—SHIELDING MINORS FROM OBSCENITY Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Definitions. Sec. 103. Technology verification measures. Sec. 104. Consultation requirements. Sec. 105. GAO report. Sec. 106. Relationship to State laws. TITLE II—ADDRESSING HARMS TO MINORS ON ONLINE PLATFORMS Sec. 201. Covered platform defined. Subtitle A—Kids Online Safety Sec. 211. Short title. Sec. 212. Definitions. Sec. 213. Addressing harms to minors. Sec. 214. Safeguards for minors and parental tools. Sec. 215. Reporting mechanism. Sec. 216. Disclosure. Sec. 217. Advertising and marketing information and labels. Sec. 218. Advertising of illegal products. Sec. 219. Audit; report. Sec. 220. Rules of construction. Sec. 221. Relationship to State laws. Subtitle B—Safe Messaging for Kids Sec. 231. Short title. Sec. 232. Definitions. Sec. 233. Prohibition on ephemeral messaging features for minors. Sec. 234. Prohibition on direct messaging features for children. Sec. 235. Parental controls for direct messaging features for teens. Sec. 236. Rule of construction on encryption. Sec. 237. Relationship to State law. Sec. 238. Effective date. Subtitle C—Stop Profiling Youth and Kids Sec. 241. Short title. Sec. 242. User defined. Sec. 243. Market research. Sec. 244. Relationship to State laws. Sec. 245. Effective date. TITLE III—SOCIAL GAMING PLATFORMS Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Definitions. Sec. 303. Safeguards requirements for online video game providers. Sec. 304. Relationship to State laws. TITLE IV—ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHATBOTS Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Definitions. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7757 IH Sec. 403. Certain statements prohibited. Sec. 404. Disclosure required. Sec. 405. Policies required. Sec. 406. Rule of construction. Sec. 407. Relationship to State laws. TITLE V—RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND BEST PRACTICES FOR PROTECTING MINORS ONLINE Subtitle A—Research Sec. 501. Definitions. PART 1—SAFE SOCIAL MEDIA ACT Sec. 511. Short title. Sec. 512. Report by Commission on social media use by minors. PART 2—NO FENTANYL ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACT Sec. 513. Short title. Sec. 514. Report on the ability of minors to access fentanyl through social media platforms. PART 3—ASSESSING SAFETY TOOLS FOR PARENTS AND MINORS ACT Sec. 515. Short title. Sec. 516. Industry review and report. PART 4—STUDY ON CHATBOTS AND MENTAL HEALTH OF MINORS Sec. 517. Study required. Sec. 518. Consultation. Sec. 519. Report. Subtitle B—Education PART 1—PROMOTING A SAFE INTERNET FOR MINORS ACT Sec. 521. Short title. Sec. 522. Online safety for minors. PART 2—AI WARNINGS AND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION (AWARE) ACT Sec. 523. Short title. Sec. 524. Chatbots and minors. Subtitle C—Partnerships and Best Practices Sec. 525. Short title. Sec. 526. Kids Internet Safety Partnership. TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 601. Enforcement. Sec. 602. Judicial review. Sec. 603. Rules of construction. Sec. 604. Severability. Sec. 605. Effective date. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7757 IH SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1 In this Act: 2 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 3 meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 4 United States Code. 5 (2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar- 6 tificial intelligence’’ has the meaning given that term 7 in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence 8 Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401). 9 (3) CHATBOT.—The term ‘‘chatbot’’ means an 10 artificial intelligence system, marketed to and avail- 11 able for use by consumers, that engages in inter- 12 active, natural-language communication with a user 13 and generates or selects content in response to user 14 inputs (including text, voice, or other inputs) using 15 a conversational context. 16 (4) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 17 means the Federal Trade Commission. 18 (5) DESIGN FEATURE.—The term ‘‘design fea- 19 ture’’— 20 (A) means any feature or component of a 21 covered platform that encourages an increase in 22 or increases the frequency of use or time spent 23 by a user who is a minor with respect to such 24 covered platform; and 25 (B) includes— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 7757 IH (i) infinite scrolling or auto play; 1 (ii) rewards or incentives based on 2 frequency of use or time spent; 3 (iii) notifications and push alerts; 4 (iv) badges or other visual award sym- 5 bols based on frequency of use or time 6 spent; 7 (v) appearance altering filters; and 8 (vi) personalized recommendation sys- 9 tems. 10 (6) FULLY AUTOMATED SYSTEM.—The term 11 ‘‘fully automated system’’ means an operation or set 12 of operations performed on data with minimal or no 13 direction, instruction, prompting, oversight, involve- 14 ment, or intervention by an individual. 15 (7) KNOW; KNOWS.—The term ‘‘know’’ or 16 ‘‘knows’’ means to have actual knowledge or to have 17 acted in willful disregard. 18 (8) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means an indi- 19 vidual under the age of 17 years. 20 (9) NARCOTIC DRUG.—The term ‘‘narcotic 21 drug’’ has the meaning given that term in section 22 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 23 802). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 7757 IH (10) PARENT.—The term ‘‘parent’’, with re- 1 spect to a minor, means an adult with the legal right 2 to make decisions on behalf of the minor, includ- 3 ing— 4 (A) a natural parent; 5 (B) an adoptive parent; 6 (C) a legal guardian; and 7 (D) an individual with legal custody over 8 the minor. 9 (11) PERSONAL INFORMATION.—The term 10 ‘‘personal information’’ has the meaning given that 11 term in section 1302 of the Children’s Online Pri- 12 vacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501). 13 (12) PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION SYS- 14 TEM.—The term ‘‘personalized recommendation sys- 15 tem’’— 16 (A) means a fully automated system used 17 to suggest, promote, or rank content, including 18 other users, hashtags, and posts, based on the 19 personal information of a user; and 20 (B) does not include a fully automated sys- 21 tem that suggests, promotes, or ranks content 22 based solely on the language, city or town, or 23 age of a user. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 7757 IH (13) SEXUAL MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MI- 1 NORS.—The term ‘‘sexual material harmful to mi- 2 nors’’ means a picture, image, graphic image file, 3 film, videotape, or other visual depiction that— 4 (A)(i) taken as a whole and with respect to 5 minors, appeals to the prurient interest in nu- 6 dity, sex, or excretion; 7 (ii) depicts, describes, or represents, 8 in a patently offensive way with respect to 9 what is suitable for minors, an actual or 10 simulated sexual act or sexual contact, ac- 11 tual or simulated normal or perverted sex- 12 ual acts, or lewd exhibition of the genitals; 13 and 14 (iii) taken as a whole, lacks serious 15 literary, artistic, political, or scientific 16 value as to minors; or 17 (B) is child pornography. 18 (14) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each 19 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 20 each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 21 United States, and each federally recognized Indian 22 Tribe. 23 (15) VERIFIABLE PARENTAL CONSENT.—The 24 term ‘‘verifiable parental consent’’ has the meaning 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 7757 IH given that term in section 1302 of the Children’s 1 Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 2 6501). 3 TITLE I—SHIELDING MINORS 4 FROM OBSCENITY 5 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Shielding Children’s 7 Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net Act’’ or the 8 ‘‘SCREEN Act’’. 9 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 10 In this title: 11 (1) CHILD PORNOGRAPHY; MINOR.—The terms 12 ‘‘child pornography’’ and ‘‘minor’’ have the mean- 13 ings given those terms in section 2256 of title 18, 14 United States Code. 15 (2) COVERED PLATFORM.—The term ‘‘covered 16 platform’’ means a website or other online plat- 17 form— 18 (A) that is accessible by the public; 19 (B) with respect to which more than one- 20 third of the material made available thereon is 21 sexual material harmful to minors; and 22 (C) with respect to which the provider of 23 such platform knowingly makes available the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 7757 IH sexual material harmful to minors described in 1 subparagraph (B). 2 (3) SEXUAL ACT; SEXUAL CONTACT.—The 3 terms ‘‘sexual act’’ and ‘‘sexual contact’’ have the 4 meanings given those terms in section 2246 of title 5 18, United States Code. 6 (4) TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION MEASURE.— 7 The term ‘‘technology verification measure’’ means 8 technology that employs a system or process to de- 9 termine whether it is more likely than not that a 10 user of a covered platform is a minor. 11 (5) TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION MEASURE 12 DATA.—The term ‘‘technology verification measure 13 data’’ means data that— 14 (A) is collected or processed for the pur- 15 pose of fulfilling a request by an individual to 16 access a covered platform or material on a cov- 17 ered platform; and 18 (B) is collected or processed for the pur- 19 pose of utilizing or providing a technology 20 verification measure pursuant to this title. 21 SEC. 103. TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION MEASURES. 22 (a) COVERED PLATFORM REQUIREMENTS.—Begin- 23 ning on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enact- 24 ment of this Act, a provider of a covered platform shall— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 7757 IH (1) adopt and utilize commercially available 1 technology verification measures, reasonably de- 2 signed to ensure accuracy, with respect to the cov- 3 ered platform of such provider to identify minors; 4 and 5 (2) prevent minors from accessing any sexual 6 material harmful to minors on the covered platform. 7 (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLI- 8 ANCE.—In order to comply with subsection (a), a provider 9 of a covered platform (or a third party contracted by a 10 provider of a covered platform with respect to such covered 11 platform) shall, with respect to a covered platform of the 12 provider, carry out the following: 13 (1) Use a technology verification measure in 14 order to verify the age of a user. 15 (2) Provide that a user confirming that the user 16 is not a minor is not sufficient to verify age. 17 (3) Provide clear and conspicuous notice con- 18 taining information on the technology verification 19 measures and other policies and procedures related 20 to the technology verification measure data used to 21 comply with this title. 22 (4) Take reasonable measures to address cir- 23 cumvention of technology verification measures. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 7757 IH (5) Not transfer, disclose, or retain any tech- 1 nology verification measure data beyond what is 2 strictly necessary to use a technology verification 3 measure pursuant to this title. 4 (c) USE OF THIRD PARTIES.— 5 (1) IN GENERAL.—A provider of a covered plat- 6 form may contract with a third party to use tech- 7 nology verification measures for purposes of com- 8 plying with subsection (a). 9 (2) OBLIGATIONS; LIABILITY.—A provider of a 10 covered platform who contracts with a third party as 11 described in paragraph (1) is not relieved from any 12 obligation or liability under this title. 13 (d) TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION MEASURE DATA 14 SECURITY.—A provider of a covered platform (or a third 15 party contracted by a provider of a covered platform with 16 respect to such covered platform) shall establish, imple- 17 ment, and maintain reasonable administrative, technical, 18 and physical data security practices to protect the con- 19 fidentiality, integrity, and availability of technology 20 verification measure data collected with respect to the cov- 21 ered platform of such provider (including by a third party 22 contracted by such covered provider with respect to such 23 covered platform). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 7757 IH (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 1 tion may be construed to require the submission of govern- 2 ment-issued identification of any individual to a covered 3 platform or a third party contracted by a provider of a 4 covered platform to use a technology verification measure. 5 SEC. 104. CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS. 6 In carrying out this title, the Commission shall con- 7 sult with the following individuals, including with respect 8 to the applicable standards and metrics for making a de- 9 termination on whether a user of a covered platform is 10 or is not a minor: 11 (1) Individuals with experience in computer 12 science and software engineering. 13 (2) Individuals with experience in— 14 (A) advocating for online child safety; or 15 (B) providing services to minors who have 16 been victimized by online child exploitation. 17 (3) Individuals with experience in consumer 18 protection and online privacy. 19 (4) Individuals who supply technology 20 verification measure products or have expertise in 21 technology verification measures. 22 (5) Individuals with experience in data security 23 and cryptography. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 7757 IH SEC. 105. GAO REPORT. 1 Not later than 3 years after the date of the enact- 2 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 3 States shall submit to Congress a report that includes the 4 following: 5 (1) An analysis of the effectiveness of the tech- 6 nology verification measures required under section 7 103. 8 (2) An analysis of the rate of compliance with 9 such section by providers of covered platforms and 10 third parties contracted by such providers with re- 11 spect to such covered platforms. 12 (3) An analysis of the data privacy and security 13 measures used by covered platforms with respect to 14 age verification processes. 15 (4) An analysis of the expression, speech, be- 16 havioral, economic, psychological, and societal effects 17 of requiring technology verification measures under 18 section 103. 19 (5) Recommendations, if any, to the Commis- 20 sion on improving the enforcement of this title. 21 SEC. 106. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAWS. 22 (a) IN GENERAL.—No State, or political subdivision 23 of a State, may prescribe, maintain, enforce, or continue 24 in effect any law, rule, regulation, requirement, standard, 25 or other provision having the force and effect of law to 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 7757 IH the extent that such law, rule, regulation, requirement, 1 standard, or other provision requires a provider of a cov- 2 ered platform to use technology verification measures to 3 prevent minors from accessing any sexual material harm- 4 ful to minors on a covered platform of such provider. 5 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub- 6 section (a) may be construed to preempt the applicability 7 of any of the following: 8 (1) Any law of a State with respect to trespass, 9 contract, tort, or product liability. 10 (2) Any statutory law that creates a remedy or 11 penalty for criminal conduct. 12 (3) Any law of general applicability of a State 13 with respect to consumer protection. 14 TITLE II—ADDRESSING HARMS 15 TO MINORS ON ONLINE PLAT- 16 FORMS 17 SEC. 201. COVERED PLATFORM DEFINED. 18 In this title, the term ‘‘covered platform’’ means a 19 platform that is a website, software, application, or elec- 20 tronic service connected to the internet that meets the fol- 21 lowing requirements: 22 (1) Is publicly available for use by consumers. 23 (2) Enables the creation of a username or user 24 identifier— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 15 •HR 7757 IH (A) that is searchable on the platform by 1 other users through a function made available 2 by the platform; and 3 (B) that can be followed by or is similarly 4 accessible to other users of the platform. 5 (3) As the primary purpose of the platform, fa- 6 cilitates the sharing and access to user-generated 7 content through text, images, video, audio, or any 8 other interactive medium. 9 (4) Uses a design feature to promote user en- 10 gagement on the platform. 11 (5) Uses the personal information of the user to 12 advertise, market, or make content recommenda- 13 tions. 14 Subtitle A—Kids Online Safety 15 SEC. 211. SHORT TITLE. 16 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Kids Online Safety 17 Act’’. 18 SEC. 212. DEFINITIONS. 19 In this subtitle: 20 (1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an indi- 21 vidual who is under the age of 13. 22 (2) COMPULSIVE USAGE.—The term ‘‘compul- 23 sive usage’’ means a persistent and repetitive use of 24 a covered platform that substantially limits one or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 16 •HR 7757 IH more major life activities of an individual (as de- 1 scribed in section 3 of the Americans with Disabil- 2 ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102)). 3 (3) GEOLOCATION INFORMATION.—The term 4 ‘‘geolocation information’’ means information suffi- 5 cient to identify a street name and name of a city 6 or town. 7 (4) PROCESSOR.—The term ‘‘processor’’ means 8 a person who— 9 (A) processes personal information on be- 10 half of a covered platform; and 11 (B) does not determine the purpose and 12 means of processing such personal information 13 (5) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE.—The 14 term ‘‘sexual exploitation and abuse’’ means any of 15 the following: 16 (A) Any offense, including coercion and en- 17 ticement, described in section 2422 of title 18, 18 United States Code. 19 (B) Child pornography (as defined in sec- 20 tion 2256 of title 18, United States Code). 21 (C) Trafficking for the production of im- 22 ages (as described in section 2251 of title 18, 23 United States Code). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 17 •HR 7757 IH (D) Any offense described in section 1591 1 of title 18, United States Code. 2 (6) USER.—The term ‘‘user’’, with respect to a 3 covered platform, means an individual who registers 4 an account or creates a profile on the covered plat- 5 form. 6 SEC. 213. ADDRESSING HARMS TO MINORS. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—A provider of a covered platform 8 shall establish, implement, maintain, and enforce reason- 9 able policies, practices, and procedures that address the 10 following harms to minors: 11 (1) Threats of physical violence so severe, per- 12 vasive, or objectively offensive that such threats im- 13 pact a major life activity of a minor. 14 (2) Sexual exploitation and abuse. 15 (3) Distribution, sale, or use of narcotic drugs, 16 tobacco products, cannabis products, gambling, or 17 alcohol. 18 (4) Any financial harm caused by deceptive 19 practices. 20 (b) CONSIDERATIONS.—The policies, practices, and 21 procedures required by subsection (a) shall be appropriate 22 to each of the following: 23 (1) The size and complexity of the covered plat- 24 form. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 18 •HR 7757 IH (2) The technical feasibility of addressing the 1 harms described in subsection (a). 2 (c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub- 3 section (a) may be construed to— 4 (1) require a provider of a covered platform to 5 prevent or preclude any minor from— 6 (A) deliberately and independently search- 7 ing for, or specifically requesting, content; or 8 (B) accessing resources and information 9 regarding the prevention or mitigation of the 10 harms described in subsection (a); or 11 (2) impose a duty of care on a provider of a 12 covered platform. 13 SEC. 214. SAFEGUARDS FOR MINORS AND PARENTAL 14 TOOLS. 15 (a) SAFEGUARDS FOR MINORS.— 16 (1) SAFEGUARDS.—A provider of a covered 17 platform shall provide a user of or visitor to the cov- 18 ered platform who the provider knows is a minor 19 with readily accessible and easy-to-use safeguards to 20 do each of the following, as applicable: 21 (A) Limit the ability of other users or visi- 22 tors to communicate with such user or visitor. 23 (B) Prevent the profile or personal infor- 24 mation of such user or visitor from being rec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 19 •HR 7757 IH ommended or suggested to another user or vis- 1 itor who is not a minor. 2 (C) Limit design features that result in 3 compulsive usage of the covered platform by 4 such user or visitor. 5 (D) Restrict the sharing of geolocation in- 6 formation of such user or visitor to a third 7 party that is not a processor and provide notice 8 to such user or visitor and the parent of such 9 user or visitor that geolocation information is 10 collected. 11 (E) Control any personalized recommenda- 12 tion system on such covered platform, including 13 with respect to the ability for such user or vis- 14 itor to have— 15 (i) a prominently displayed option to 16 opt out of any such personalized rec- 17 ommendation system, and 18 (ii) a prominently displayed option to 19 limit types or categories of recommenda- 20 tions from any such personalized rec- 21 ommendation system. 22 (2) DEFAULT SAFEGUARD SETTINGS FOR MI- 23 NORS.—A provider of a covered platform shall en- 24 sure that, in the case of a user of or visitor to the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 20 •HR 7757 IH covered platform who the provider knows is a minor, 1 the default setting of any safeguard described in 2 paragraph (1) is the option available on the covered 3 platform that provides the most protective level of 4 control with respect to privacy and safety for such 5 user or visitor. 6 (b) PARENTAL TOOLS.— 7 (1) TOOLS.—A provider of a covered platform 8 shall provide readily accessible and easy-to-use pa- 9 rental tools that meet the requirements described in 10 paragraph (2) for a parent of a user of the covered 11 platform who the provider knows is a minor. 12 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The parental tools de- 13 scribed in paragraph (1) shall allow a parent of a 14 user of the covered platform who the provider knows 15 is a minor to do any of the following: 16 (A) Manage the privacy and account set- 17 tings of such user, including by using any safe- 18 guard established under subsection (a)(1), in a 19 manner that allows the parent to— 20 (i) view the privacy and account set- 21 tings; and 22 (ii) change and control the privacy 23 and account settings. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 21 •HR 7757 IH (B) The ability to restrict purchases and 1 financial transactions by such user, if applica- 2 ble. 3 (C) The ability to view metrics of total 4 time spent on the covered platform and restrict 5 time spent on the covered platform by such 6 user. 7 (3) NOTICE TO MINORS.—A provider of a cov- 8 ered platform shall provide clear and conspicuous 9 notice to a user of the covered platform who the pro- 10 vider knows is a minor when any parental tool de- 11 scribed in paragraph (1) is in effect and any setting 12 or control that has been applied. 13 (4) DEFAULT TOOLS FOR CHILDREN.—A pro- 14 vider of a covered platform shall ensure that, in the 15 case of a user of or visitor to the covered platform 16 who the provider knows is a child, the default set- 17 ting for any parental tool described in paragraph (1) 18 is the option available on the covered platform that 19 provides the most protective level of control with re- 20 spect to privacy and safety for such user or visitor. 21 (5) APPLICATION TO EXISTING ACCOUNTS.—If, 22 before the effective date of this subtitle, a provider 23 of a covered platform provides a parent of a user of 24 the covered platform who the provider knows is a 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 22 •HR 7757 IH child with notice and the ability to enable a parental 1 tool described in paragraph (1) in a manner that 2 would otherwise comply with this subsection and the 3 parent opts out of enabling any such parental tool, 4 the covered platform is not required to enable any 5 such tool with respect to such user by default on or 6 after such effective date. 7 (c) RULES OF APPLICATION.— 8 (1) ACCESSIBILITY.—With respect to any safe- 9 guard described in subsection (a)(1) and any paren- 10 tal tool described in subsection (b)(1), a provider of 11 a covered platform shall provide each of the fol- 12 lowing: 13 (A) Information and control options in a 14 clear and conspicuous manner that takes into 15 consideration the differing ages, capacities, and 16 developmental needs of a user of the covered 17 platform who the provider knows is a minor 18 most likely to access the covered platform and 19 does not encourage such a user or a parent of 20 such a user to weaken or disable any such safe- 21 guard, option, or parental tool. 22 (B) Readily accessible and easy-to-use con- 23 trols to enable or disable any such safeguard or 24 parental tool, as appropriate. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 23 •HR 7757 IH (C) Information and control options in the 1 same language, form, and manner as the pro- 2 vider provides the product or service used by 3 such a user or a parent of such a user. 4 (2) TIMING CONSIDERATIONS; APPLICATION OF 5 CHANGES TO OFFLINE DEVICES OR ACCOUNTS.—If 6 the device of a user or user account does not have 7 access to the internet at the time of a change to a 8 parental tool described in subsection (b)(1), the pro- 9 vider of the relevant covered platform shall apply 10 changes the next time the device or user is con- 11 nected to the internet. 12 (3) PROHIBITION.—A provider of a covered 13 platform may not knowingly use a user interface 14 with the purpose or substantial effect of impairing 15 the use by a user of the covered platform who the 16 provider knows is a minor or a parent of such a user 17 of any safeguard described in subsection (a)(1) or 18 any parental tool described in subsection (b)(1). 19 (d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 20 tion may be construed to do any of the following: 21 (1) Prevent a provider of a covered platform 22 from taking reasonable measures to block, detect, or 23 prevent the distribution of unlawful, obscene, or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 24 •HR 7757 IH other harmful material to minors or any other 1 harms to minors described in section 213(a). 2 (2) Prevent a provider of a covered platform 3 from entering into an agreement with a third party 4 with a primary or exclusive function of providing 5 any safeguard described in subsection (a)(1) or any 6 parental tool described in subsection (b)(1) or other- 7 wise assisting with meeting the requirements de- 8 scribed in subsections (a) and (b). 9 (3) Prevent a parent or user from authorizing 10 a third party described in paragraph (2) to imple- 11 ment any safeguard described in subsection (a)(1) or 12 any parental tool described in subsection (b)(1) . 13 SEC. 215. REPORTING MECHANISM. 14 (a) REPORTING TOOLS.—A provider of a covered 15 platform shall provide each of the following: 16 (1) A readily accessible and easy-to-use means 17 for a user of or visitor to the covered platform to 18 submit a report to the covered platform of any harm 19 to a minor related to the use of the covered plat- 20 form. 21 (2) An electronic point of contact specific to 22 matters involving harms to a minor. 23 (3) Confirmation of the receipt of any such re- 24 port and, within the applicable time period described 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 25 •HR 7757 IH in subsection (b), a substantive response to the user 1 or visitor who submitted the report. 2 (b) TIMING.—A covered platform shall establish an 3 internal process to receive and substantively respond to 4 a report submitted subsection (a)(1) in a reasonable and 5 timely manner, but in no case later than— 6 (1) 10 days after the date on which the report 7 is received; or 8 (2) if the report involves an imminent threat to 9 the safety of a minor, the date that is as prompt as 10 needed to address the reported threat to safety. 11 SEC. 216. DISCLOSURE. 12 (a) NOTICE.— 13 (1) REGISTRATION OR PURCHASE.—Before any 14 registration or purchase on a covered platform by a 15 user of or visitor to the covered platform who the 16 provider knows is a minor, the provider shall provide 17 clear, conspicuous, and easy-to-understand notice 18 with respect to each of the following: 19 (A) The policies and practices of the cov- 20 ered platform with respect to safeguards for mi- 21 nors. 22 (B) Information about how to access any 23 safeguard described in section 214(a)(1) or any 24 parental tool described in section 214(b)(1). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 26 •HR 7757 IH (2) NOTIFICATION.— 1 (A) NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—In 2 the case of a user of or visitor to a covered plat- 3 form who the provider of the covered platform 4 knows is a minor, the provider shall provide in- 5 formation about any safeguard described in sec- 6 tion 214(a)(1) or any parental tool described in 7 section 214(b)(1) to a parent of such user or 8 visitor and obtain verifiable parental consent 9 with respect to any such safeguard or parental 10 tool. 11 (B) REASONABLE EFFORT.—A covered 12 platform shall be deemed to have satisfied the 13 requirement described in subparagraph (A) if 14 the provider of the covered platform is in com- 15 pliance with the requirements of the Children’s 16 Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 17 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) to use reasonable efforts 18 (taking into consideration commercially avail- 19 able technology) to provide a parent with the 20 information required by paragraph (1)(B) and 21 to obtain the verifiable parental consent de- 22 scribed in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. 23 (b) CONSOLIDATED NOTICES.—For purposes of this 24 section, a provider of a covered platform may consolidate 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 27 •HR 7757 IH the process for providing information and obtaining 1 verifiable parental consent required by this section with 2 the obligations of the provider to provide relevant notice 3 and obtain verifiable parental consent under the Chil- 4 dren’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. 5 SEC. 217. ADVERTISING AND MARKETING INFORMATION 6 AND LABELS. 7 A provider of a covered platform shall provide clear, 8 conspicuous, and easy-to-understand labels and informa- 9 tion, which may be provided through a link to another web 10 page or disclosure, to a user of or visitor to the covered 11 platform who the provider knows is a minor on advertise- 12 ments regarding the disclosure of endorsements of prod- 13 ucts, services, or brands made for commercial consider- 14 ation by other users of the covered platform. 15 SEC. 218. ADVERTISING OF ILLEGAL PRODUCTS. 16 A provider of a covered platform may not facilitate 17 the advertising of narcotic drugs, cannabis products, to- 18 bacco products, gambling, or alcohol to a user of or visitor 19 to the covered platform who the provider knows is a minor. 20 SEC. 219. AUDIT; REPORT. 21 (a) AUDIT REQUIRED.—Not later than 18 months 22 after the date of the enactment of this subtitle, and annu- 23 ally thereafter, a provider of a covered platform shall en- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 28 •HR 7757 IH sure that an independent, third-party auditor conducts an 1 independent, third-party audit of the covered platform. 2 (b) AUDIT SPECIFICATIONS.— 3 (1) CRITERIA.—In conducting an audit required 4 by subsection (a), an independent, third-party audi- 5 tor shall do the following: 6 (A) Consider widely accepted or evidence- 7 based approaches, best practices, frameworks, 8 and methods related to any safeguard described 9 in section 214(a)(1) or any parental tool de- 10 scribed in section 214(b)(1). 11 (B) Consider widely accepted or evidence- 12 based approaches, best practices, frameworks, 13 and methods related to identifying, preventing, 14 and mitigating the harms to minors described 15 in section 213(a). 16 (C) Consult with parents (including par- 17 ents with relevant experience), public health 18 and mental health nonprofit organizations, 19 health and development organizations, and ex- 20 perts in freedom of expression about methods to 21 identify, prevent, and mitigate such harms. 22 (2) CONTENTS.—An audit required by sub- 23 section (a) shall include the following: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 29 •HR 7757 IH (A) An assessment of the extent to which 1 the relevant covered platform is likely to be 2 accessed by minors, including with respect to 3 any difference between children and teens. 4 (B) An accounting of the following: 5 (i) The number of users using such 6 covered platform who the provider of such 7 covered platform knows to be minors lo- 8 cated in the United States. 9 (ii) The median and mean amounts of 10 time spent on such covered platform by 11 such users during the year in which such 12 audit is conducted. 13 (iii) A description of the policies, 14 practices, and procedures implemented to 15 address the harms to minors described in 16 section 213(a). 17 (iv) The number of times that any 18 safeguard described in section 214(a)(1) 19 has been exercised during the year in 20 which such audit is conducted. 21 (v) The number of times that any pa- 22 rental tool described in section 214(b)(1) 23 has been exercised during the year in 24 which such audit is conducted. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 30 •HR 7757 IH (vi) The number of reports, cat- 1 egorized by types of harms to a minor, re- 2 ceived by such covered platform through 3 the reporting mechanism described in sec- 4 tion 215(a)(1) during the year in which 5 such audit is conducted. 6 (C) A description of such safeguards for 7 minors and parental tools that are available to 8 minors and parents on such covered platform. 9 (D) A description of how such covered 10 platform handles reports received through such 11 reporting mechanism, including the rate of re- 12 sponse to such a report and the timeliness and 13 substantiveness of any such response. 14 (E) A description of whether, how, and for 15 what purpose such covered platform collects or 16 processes categories of personal information of 17 minors. 18 (F) If the covered platform has a process 19 used to create, implement, or evaluate the im- 20 pact of a design feature of the covered platform 21 used by minors, a description of such process. 22 (3) COOPERATION BY COVERED PLATFORM.—A 23 provider of a covered platform shall facilitate an 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 31 •HR 7757 IH audit of the covered platform required by subsection 1 (a) by doing the following: 2 (A) Providing or otherwise making avail- 3 able to the independent, third-party auditor 4 that conducts such audit any information or 5 material in the possession, custody, or control 6 of such covered platform relevant to such audit. 7 (B) Providing or otherwise making avail- 8 able to such auditor access to any network, sys- 9 tem, or asset relevant to such audit. 10 (C) Disclosing any material fact to such 11 auditor and not misrepresenting any material 12 fact. 13 (c) REPORT TO COMMISSION.—Not later than 30 14 days after the date on which an audit required by sub- 15 section (a) is completed, the provider of the relevant cov- 16 ered platform shall submit to the Commission the results 17 of the audit. 18 (d) PUBLIC REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after 19 the date on which an audit required by subsection (a) is 20 completed, the provider of the relevant covered platform 21 shall issue a public report that— 22 (1) includes the information in clauses (i), (ii), 23 (iv), (v), and (vi) of subsection (b)(2)(B); and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 32 •HR 7757 IH (2) notwithstanding paragraph (1), may include 1 any other information required by this section. 2 SEC. 220. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 3 Nothing in this subtitle may be construed to require 4 the provider of a covered platform to implement an age 5 gating or age verification functionality on the covered plat- 6 form. 7 SEC. 221. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAWS. 8 No State, or political subdivision of a State, may pre- 9 scribe, maintain, enforce, or continue in effect any law, 10 rule, regulation, requirement, standard, or other provision 11 having the force and effect of law if such law, rule, regula- 12 tion, requirement, standard, or other provision conflicts 13 with the provisions of this subtitle. 14 Subtitle B—Safe Messaging for 15 Kids 16 SEC. 231. SHORT TITLE. 17 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Messaging 18 for Kids Act’’ or the ‘‘SMK Act’’. 19 SEC. 232. DEFINITIONS. 20 In this subtitle: 21 (1) APP.—The term ‘‘app’’ means a software 22 application that may be run or directed by a user on 23 a computer, mobile device, or any other general pur- 24 pose computing device. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 33 •HR 7757 IH (2) APP STORE.—The term ‘‘app store’’ means 1 a publicly available software application that distrib- 2 utes and facilitates the download onto a mobile de- 3 vice of an app from a third-party developer by a user 4 of a computer, mobile device, or any other general 5 purpose computing device. 6 (3) COVERED USER.—The term ‘‘covered user’’ 7 means a user of a covered platform if the provider 8 of such covered platform knows that such user is a 9 minor. 10 (4) DIRECT MESSAGING FEATURE.— 11 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘direct mes- 12 saging feature’’ means a function of a covered 13 platform that enables a user to send a message, 14 image, video, audio, or other communication di- 15 rectly to another user or a specific group of 16 users of the covered platform. 17 (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘direct mes- 18 saging feature’’ does not include a function of 19 a covered platform that enables a user to post 20 content on the covered platform to— 21 (i) a public or semi-public profile; or 22 (ii) a feed accessible to a broader 23 group of users. 24 (5) EPHEMERAL MESSAGING FEATURE.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 34 •HR 7757 IH (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘ephemeral 1 messaging feature’’ means a function of a cov- 2 ered platform that permanently deletes or ren- 3 ders inaccessible a message, image, video, 4 audio, or other communication sent between 5 users of the covered platform (such that neither 6 the sender nor any recipient of such commu- 7 nication may readily retrieve or review the com- 8 munication in the original form through the 9 covered platform)— 10 (i) after a predetermined period; 11 (ii) once viewed by such a recipient; or 12 (iii) upon exiting the specific chat or 13 messaging interface. 14 (B) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘‘ephemeral 15 messaging feature’’ does not include— 16 (i) a function of a covered platform 17 that allows a user of the covered platform 18 to manually delete a message, image, 19 video, audio, or other communication sent 20 by such user after the transmission of the 21 communication (if such deletion does not 22 automatically occur for each recipient of 23 the communication or by the default design 24 of such function); or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 35 •HR 7757 IH (ii) standard data volatility in transit 1 or temporary caching not designed to make 2 such a communication permanently inac- 3 cessible after viewing or a short, predeter- 4 mined time. 5 (6) MOBILE DEVICE.—The term ‘‘mobile de- 6 vice’’ means a phone or general-purpose tablet that 7 provides cellular or wireless connectivity, is capable 8 of connecting to the internet, and is capable of run- 9 ning an app. 10 (7) PARENTAL DIRECT MESSAGING CON- 11 TROLS.—The term ‘‘parental direct messaging con- 12 trols’’ means a set of tools or settings that a pro- 13 vider of a covered platform provides to a parent of 14 a covered user of the covered platform that allows 15 the parent to manage the use of a direct messaging 16 feature by such covered user. 17 (8) TEEN COVERED USER.—The term ‘‘teen 18 covered user’’ means a covered user who has at- 19 tained the age of 13. 20 (9) UNAPPROVED CONTACT.—The term ‘‘unap- 21 proved contact’’, with respect to a covered user for 22 whom parental direct messaging controls have been 23 activated, means a user of a covered platform with 24 respect to whom the teen covered user may not use 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 36 •HR 7757 IH a direct messaging feature unless a parent of such 1 teen covered user has provided verifiable parental 2 consent under this subtitle. 3 (10) VERIFIABLE PARENTAL CONSENT.—The 4 term ‘‘verifiable parental consent’’— 5 (A) has the meaning given that term in 6 section 2 of this Act; and 7 (B) includes ongoing mechanisms for par- 8 ents to activate and manage parental direct 9 messaging controls provided under this subtitle. 10 SEC. 233. PROHIBITION ON EPHEMERAL MESSAGING FEA- 11 TURES FOR MINORS. 12 A provider of a covered platform may not offer, pro- 13 vide, or enable any ephemeral messaging feature of such 14 covered platform to any covered user of the covered plat- 15 form. 16 SEC. 234. PROHIBITION ON DIRECT MESSAGING FEATURES 17 FOR CHILDREN. 18 A provider of a covered platform may not offer, pro- 19 vide, or enable any direct messaging feature of such cov- 20 ered platform to any covered user of the covered platform 21 under the age of 13 years. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 37 •HR 7757 IH SEC. 235. PARENTAL CONTROLS FOR DIRECT MESSAGING 1 FEATURES FOR TEENS. 2 (a) REQUIREMENT.—A provider of a covered plat- 3 form that offers, provides, or enables any direct messaging 4 feature of such covered platform to any teen covered user 5 of the covered platform shall provide easily accessible and 6 usable parental direct messaging controls to a parent of 7 such teen covered user that the parent may activate and 8 manage by providing verifiable parental consent. 9 (b) ACCESSIBILITY; USABILITY; AWARENESS.—The 10 parental direct messaging controls described in subsection 11 (a) shall meet the following requirements: 12 (1) Be clearly and conspicuously accessible to a 13 parent of a teen covered user through— 14 (A) the settings of a profile of the teen 15 covered user; and 16 (B) any parental portal or interface offered 17 by the covered platform. 18 (2) Be designed to be user-friendly with clear 19 explanations of the manner in which the parental di- 20 rect messaging controls operate. 21 (c) FUNCTIONALITY OF CONTROLS.—As a default 22 setting on a covered platform, the parental direct mes- 23 saging controls described in subsection (a) shall allow a 24 parent of a teen covered user of the covered platform to 25 do the following (unless the parent adjusts the default set- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 38 •HR 7757 IH ting with respect to any of the following by providing 1 verifiable parental consent): 2 (1) Receive a timely notification that— 3 (A) alerts the parent about a request from 4 an unapproved contact who seeks to use a di- 5 rect messaging feature of the covered platform 6 with respect to the teen covered user; and 7 (B) allows the parent to approve or deny 8 the request before the unapproved contact and 9 the teen covered user engage in any direct mes- 10 saging through any such direct messaging fea- 11 ture. 12 (2) View and manage a list of any contacts ap- 13 proved for engaging in direct messaging with the 14 teen covered user through any direct messaging fea- 15 ture of the covered platform. 16 (3) Be informed if the teen covered user 17 changes the age listed on a profile of the teen cov- 18 ered user on the covered platform (if any such 19 change affects the applicability of such parental di- 20 rect messaging controls). 21 (4) Disable any direct messaging feature of any 22 such profile. 23 (5) Prevent any specific user, any specific group 24 of users, or other users in general, from initiating or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 39 •HR 7757 IH continuing to engage in direct messaging with the 1 teen covered user through any direct messaging fea- 2 ture of the covered platform. 3 (6) Enable the teen covered user to set a profile 4 of the teen covered user on the covered platform as 5 hidden on any search such that— 6 (A) other users are prevented from search- 7 ing for and finding such profile; 8 (B) other users are prevented from seeing 9 the current online or offline status of the teen 10 covered user; and 11 (C) other users are prevented from initi- 12 ating or continuing to engage in direct mes- 13 saging with the teen covered user through any 14 direct messaging feature of the covered plat- 15 form. 16 (d) NO DEGRADATION OF OTHER FEATURES OR 17 SERVICES.—A provider of a covered platform may not de- 18 grade the functionality or availability of any other feature 19 or service of the covered platform for a teen covered user 20 of the covered platform based on the activation or manage- 21 ment of parental direct messaging controls by a parent 22 of the teen covered user under this section (except as nec- 23 essary to implement any such parental direct messaging 24 controls). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 40 •HR 7757 IH (e) NO CIRCUMVENTION.—A provider of a covered 1 platform shall take reasonable measures to prevent a teen 2 covered user of the covered platform from easily circum- 3 venting parental direct messaging controls activated and 4 managed by a parent of the teen covered user under this 5 section. 6 SEC. 236. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON ENCRYPTION. 7 No requirement under this subtitle to restrict any 8 feature for a covered user or to provide parental direct 9 messaging controls for a direct messaging feature of a cov- 10 ered platform may be construed to override any protection 11 for an encrypted communication described in this subtitle 12 and a provider of a covered platform shall adhere to any 13 such requirement, to the maximum extent technically fea- 14 sible, through means that do not compromise the integrity 15 of strong encryption offered to any user of the covered 16 platform. 17 SEC. 237. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAW. 18 (a) IN GENERAL.—No State, or political subdivision 19 of a State, may prescribe, maintain, enforce, or continue 20 in effect any law, rule, regulation, requirement, standard, 21 or other provision having the force and effect of law to 22 the extent that such law, rule, regulation, requirement, 23 standard, or other provision— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 41 •HR 7757 IH (1) directly prohibits ephemeral or direct mes- 1 saging on a covered platform for users under 13; or 2 (2) regulates parental direct messaging controls 3 on covered platforms for teen covered users. 4 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub- 5 section (a) may be construed to preempt the applicability 6 of any of the following: 7 (1) Any law of a State with respect to trespass, 8 contract, tort, or product liability. 9 (2) Any statutory law that creates a remedy or 10 penalty for criminal conduct. 11 (3) Any law of general applicability of a State 12 with respect to consumer protection. 13 SEC. 238. EFFECTIVE DATE. 14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 15 (b), this subtitle shall take effect on the date that is 180 16 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 17 (b) EXCEPTION.—The effective date described in sub- 18 section (a) does not apply with respect to section 235. 19 Subtitle C—Stop Profiling Youth 20 and Kids 21 SEC. 241. SHORT TITLE. 22 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Profiling 23 Youth and Kids Act’’ or the ‘‘SPY Kids Act’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 42 •HR 7757 IH SEC. 242. USER DEFINED. 1 In this subtitle, the term ‘‘user’’, with respect to a 2 covered platform, means an individual who registers an 3 account or creates a profile on the covered platform. 4 SEC. 243. MARKET RESEARCH. 5 (a) PROHIBITION OF RESEARCH ON MINORS.—A 6 provider of a covered platform may not, in the case of a 7 user or visitor of the covered platform who the provider 8 knows is a minor, conduct market or product-focused re- 9 search on such user or visitor unless any such research 10 is— 11 (1) used solely to improve the privacy, security, 12 transparency, or safety of the covered platform, in- 13 cluding with respect to a design feature or any safe- 14 guard, setting, or tool offered to such user or visitor 15 or a parent of such user or visitor; or 16 (2) necessary for compliance with a Federal or 17 State law. 18 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub- 19 title may be construed to limit the processing of personal 20 information solely for measuring or reporting advertising 21 or content performance, reach, or frequency, including 22 through an independent measurement. 23 SEC. 244. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAWS. 24 (a) IN GENERAL.—No State, or political subdivision 25 of a State, may prescribe, maintain, enforce, or continue 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 43 •HR 7757 IH in effect any law, rule, regulation, requirement, standard, 1 or other provision having the force and effect of law to 2 the extent that such law, rule, regulation, requirement, 3 standard, or other provision regulates the ability of a cov- 4 ered platform to conduct market or product-focused re- 5 search on a minor. 6 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub- 7 section (a) may be construed to preempt the applicability 8 of any of the following: 9 (1) Any law of a State with respect to trespass, 10 contract, tort, or product liability. 11 (2) Any statutory law that creates a remedy or 12 penalty for criminal conduct. 13 (3) Any law of general applicability of a State 14 with respect to consumer protection. 15 SEC. 245. EFFECTIVE DATE. 16 This subtitle shall take effect on the date that is 90 17 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 18 TITLE III—SOCIAL GAMING 19 PLATFORMS 20 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Safer Guarding of 22 Adolescents from Malicious Interactions on Network 23 Games Act’’ or the ‘‘Safer GAMING Act’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 44 •HR 7757 IH SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 1 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 2 (1) COVERED COMMUNICATION TOOL.—The 3 term ‘‘covered communication tool’’ means a capa- 4 bility available to a user of an interactive online 5 video game that allows for the exchange of verbal, 6 written, or visual messages between such user and 7 any other user of such interactive online video game. 8 (2) COVERED USER.—The term ‘‘covered user’’ 9 means a user of an interactive online video game if 10 the online video game provider of such interactive 11 online video game knows that such user is a minor. 12 (3) INTERACTIVE ONLINE VIDEO GAME.—The 13 term ‘‘interactive online video game’’ means a video 14 game that— 15 (A) connects to the internet; and 16 (B) allows a user of such video game to 17 communicate with other users of such video 18 game. 19 (4) ONLINE VIDEO GAME PROVIDER.—The term 20 ‘‘online video game provider’’ means a person en- 21 gaged in the business of providing directly to a con- 22 sumer over the internet or other online means a dig- 23 ital storefront, console network, mobile or cloud 24 gaming platform, or similar means of digital dis- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 45 •HR 7757 IH tribution that offers access to an interactive online 1 video game for use by the consumer. 2 (5) VIDEO GAME.—The term ‘‘video game’’ 3 means a software program that— 4 (A) receives and stores data or instructions 5 generated by the user of such software pro- 6 gram; and 7 (B) processes such data or instructions to 8 create an interactive game for such user to play 9 on a computer, gaming system, console, mobile 10 device, or other technological means. 11 SEC. 303. SAFEGUARDS REQUIREMENTS FOR ONLINE 12 VIDEO GAME PROVIDERS. 13 (a) COMMUNICATION SAFEGUARDS.—An online video 14 game provider shall provide safeguards to a parent of a 15 covered user of an interactive online video game of such 16 online video game provider that allow the parent to limit 17 communication between such covered user and any other 18 user of such interactive online video game. 19 (b) FEATURES.— 20 (1) IN GENERAL.—An online video game pro- 21 vider shall ensure that the safeguards required by 22 subsection (a) meet the following requirements: 23 (A) Be accessible and easy to use. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 46 •HR 7757 IH (B) Be enabled by default on an account 1 of a covered user of the interactive online video 2 game of such online video game provider. 3 (C) Be set to the most protective level of 4 control by default on any such account. 5 (2) PROTECTIVE LEVEL OF CONTROL.—For 6 purposes of paragraph (1)(C), the most protective 7 level of control means the relevant safeguards— 8 (A) are set to the most restrictive setting 9 by default; and 10 (B) may be set to a less restrictive setting 11 only by a parent of a covered user. 12 (3) OTHER SAFEGUARDS REQUIRED.—An on- 13 line video game provider shall provide to a covered 14 user and a parent of a covered user of an interactive 15 online video game of the online video game provider 16 readily accessible and easy-to-use safeguards to do 17 the following: 18 (A) Prevent a profile of such covered user 19 or personal information connected to such cov- 20 ered user from being recommended or sug- 21 gested to any other user of such interactive on- 22 line video game who is not a minor. 23 (B) Restrict purchases and financial trans- 24 actions by such covered user. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 47 •HR 7757 IH (C) Limit the amount of time spent by 1 such covered user on such interactive online 2 video game. 3 (c) DEVICE CONTROLS.—Nothing in this section may 4 be construed to prohibit an online video game provider 5 from making available to the parent of a covered user of 6 an interactive online video game of the online video game 7 provider a single user interface that permits such parent 8 to do the following: 9 (1) Set the level or scope of any covered com- 10 munication tool with respect to multiple other users 11 or categories of users or set the level or scope of 12 multiple covered communication tools. 13 (2) Control the safeguards required by this sec- 14 tion. 15 (d) NOTICE TO COVERED USERS.—An online video 16 game provider shall provide clear and conspicuous notice 17 to a covered user of an interactive online video game of 18 the online video game provider when the safeguards re- 19 quired by this section are in effect that describes the set- 20 tings or safeguards that have been applied. 21 SEC. 304. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAWS. 22 (a) IN GENERAL.—No State, or political subdivision 23 of a State, may prescribe, maintain, enforce, or continue 24 in effect any law, rule, regulation, requirement, standard, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 48 •HR 7757 IH or other provision having the force and effect of law to 1 the extent that such law, rule, regulation, requirement, 2 standard, or other provision regulates the provision of a 3 covered communication tool or other safeguard by an on- 4 line video game provider under this Act. 5 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub- 6 section (a) may be construed to preempt the applicability 7 of any of the following: 8 (1) Any law of a State with respect to trespass, 9 contract, tort, or product liability. 10 (2) Any statutory law that creates a remedy or 11 penalty for criminal conduct. 12 (3) Any law of general applicability of a State 13 with respect to consumer protection. 14 TITLE IV—ARTIFICIAL 15 INTELLIGENCE CHATBOTS 16 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 17 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Adoles- 18 cents From Exploitative BOTs Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFE BOTs 19 Act’’. 20 SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. 21 In this title: 22 (1) CHATBOT PROVIDER.— 23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘chatbot pro- 24 vider’’ means a person engaged in the business 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 49 •HR 7757 IH of providing a chatbot directly to a consumer 1 for the use of the consumer, including through 2 a website, mobile application, or other online 3 means. 4 (B) LIMITATION.—A person that provides 5 a website, mobile application, or other online 6 service that includes a chat function incidental 7 to the primary purpose of such website, applica- 8 tion, or service may not be treated as a chatbot 9 provider solely on the basis of such incidental 10 chat function. 11 (2) COVERED USER.—The term ‘‘covered user’’ 12 means a user of a chatbot if the provider of such 13 chatbot knows that such user is a minor. 14 SEC. 403. CERTAIN STATEMENTS PROHIBITED. 15 A chatbot provider may not provide to a covered user 16 of a relevant chatbot that states to the covered user that 17 the chatbot is a licensed professional (unless such state- 18 ment is true). 19 SEC. 404. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED. 20 (a) IN GENERAL.—A chatbot provider shall clearly 21 and conspicuously disclose to each covered user of a 22 chatbot of such chat provider a disclosure of the following: 23 (1) The chatbot is an artificial intelligence sys- 24 tem and not a natural person. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 50 •HR 7757 IH (2) Resources for contacting a suicide and crisis 1 intervention hotline. 2 (b) TIMING.— 3 (1) AI SYSTEM DISCLOSURE.—A disclosure re- 4 quired by subsection (a)(1) shall be made— 5 (A) at the initiation of the first interaction 6 of a covered user with a chatbot; and 7 (B) at any point at which, during an inter- 8 action between a covered user and a chatbot, 9 the covered user prompts the chatbot about 10 whether the chatbot is an artificial intelligence 11 system. 12 (2) CRISIS RESOURCES DISCLOSURE.—A disclo- 13 sure required by subsection (a)(2) shall be made at 14 any point at which, during an interaction between a 15 covered user and a chatbot, the covered user 16 prompts the chatbot about suicide or suicidal idea- 17 tion. 18 (c) USE OF PLAIN LANGUAGE.—Any disclosure re- 19 quired by subsection (a) shall be made in a manner that 20 is clear and age-appropriate using plain language such 21 that the disclosure is reasonably understandable by a 22 minor. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 51 •HR 7757 IH SEC. 405. POLICIES REQUIRED. 1 A chatbot provider shall establish, implement, and 2 maintain reasonable policies, practices, and procedures— 3 (1) to ensure that a chatbot of the chatbot pro- 4 vider advises a covered user of the chatbot to take 5 a break from the chatbot at the point at which a 6 continuous and uninterrupted interaction of such 7 covered user with such chatbot has lasted for 3 8 hours; and 9 (2) to address, with respect to covered users— 10 (A) any access to sexual material harmful 11 to minors; 12 (B) the promotion of gambling that is re- 13 stricted from or prohibited for minors by law; 14 and 15 (C) the promotion of the distribution, sale, 16 or use of narcotic drugs, tobacco products, or 17 alcohol that are restricted from or prohibited 18 for minors by law. 19 SEC. 406. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 20 Nothing in this title may be construed to require a 21 chatbot provider to prevent or preclude any covered user 22 of a chatbot of the chatbot provider from accessing re- 23 sources and information regarding the prevention or miti- 24 gation of the harms described in section 405(2). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 52 •HR 7757 IH SEC. 407. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAWS. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—No State, or political subdivision 2 of a State, may prescribe, maintain, enforce, or continue 3 in effect any law, rule, regulation, requirement, standard, 4 or other provision having the force and effect of law, if 5 such law, rule, regulation, requirement, standard, or other 6 provision conflicts with this Act. 7 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub- 8 section (a) may be construed to preempt the applicability 9 of any of the following: 10 (1) Any law of a State with respect to trespass, 11 contract, tort, or product liability. 12 (2) Any statutory law that creates a remedy or 13 penalty for criminal conduct. 14 (3) Any law of general applicability of a State 15 with respect to consumer protection. 16 TITLE V—RESEARCH, EDU- 17 CATION, AND BEST PRAC- 18 TICES FOR PROTECTING MI- 19 NORS ONLINE 20 Subtitle A—Research 21 SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 22 In this subtitle: 23 (1) FENTANYL.—The term ‘‘fentanyl’’ includes 24 any fentanyl analogue and fentanyl-related sub- 25 stance. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 53 •HR 7757 IH (2) FENTANYL-RELATED SUBSTANCE.—The 1 term ‘‘fentanyl-related substance’’ has the meaning 2 given that term in subsection (e) of schedule I of 3 section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 4 U.S.C. 812(c)). 5 (3) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- 6 TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit- 7 tees’’ means the Committee on Energy and Com- 8 merce of the House of Representatives and the Com- 9 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 10 the Senate. 11 (4) SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.—The term ‘‘so- 12 cial media platform’’— 13 (A) means a public-facing website, internet 14 application, or mobile internet application, in- 15 cluding a social network or video sharing serv- 16 ice— 17 (i) that serves the public; and 18 (ii) that primarily provides a forum 19 for user-generated content, including mes- 20 sages, videos, images, games, and audio 21 files; and 22 (B) does not include— 23 (i) a provider of broadband internet 24 access service (as described in section 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 54 •HR 7757 IH 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regula- 1 tions, or any successor regulation); or 2 (ii) electronic mail. 3 PART 1—SAFE SOCIAL MEDIA ACT 4 SEC. 511. SHORT TITLE. 5 This part may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Social Media 6 Act’’. 7 SEC. 512. REPORT BY COMMISSION ON SOCIAL MEDIA USE 8 BY MINORS. 9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission, in coordination 10 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting 11 through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and 12 Substance Use), shall— 13 (1) conduct a study on social media platform 14 use by minors, including with respect to— 15 (A) what personal information is collected 16 by social media platforms with respect to mi- 17 nors; 18 (B) how such personal information is used 19 by the algorithms of the social media platforms; 20 (C) how such personal information is used 21 with respect to targeted advertising; 22 (D) how often minors use social media 23 platforms daily; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 55 •HR 7757 IH (E) differences in use of social media plat- 1 forms related to the age ranges of minors; 2 (F) mental health effects on minors linked 3 to the use of social media platforms; and 4 (G) potential harmful effects and benefits 5 for minors from extended social media platform 6 use; and 7 (2) not later than 3 years after the date of the 8 enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report 9 on the findings of the study conducted under para- 10 graph (1), including any recommended policy 11 changes based on such findings. 12 (b) EXEMPTION.—Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 13 44, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paper- 14 work Reduction Act’’) does not apply to this section. 15 PART 2—NO FENTANYL ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACT 16 SEC. 513. SHORT TITLE. 17 This part may be cited as the ‘‘No Fentanyl on Social 18 Media Act’’. 19 SEC. 514. REPORT ON THE ABILITY OF MINORS TO ACCESS 20 FENTANYL THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PLAT- 21 FORMS. 22 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 23 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission, 24 in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 56 •HR 7757 IH Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and 1 Drugs and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement 2 Administration, shall submit to the relevant congressional 3 committees and publish on the website of the Commission 4 a report on the ability of minors to access fentanyl, includ- 5 ing through pressed pills, on social media platforms and 6 that includes the following: 7 (1) The prevalence and ability for minors to ac- 8 cess fentanyl from drug sellers on social media plat- 9 forms. 10 (2) The impact of such prevalence and access 11 on minors, including with respect to health risks and 12 risks to physical safety. 13 (3) How drug sellers use social media platforms 14 to market, sell, deliver, distribute, dispense, and en- 15 gage in other transactions related to the provision of 16 fentanyl to minors. 17 (4) How design features and other characteris- 18 tics of social media platforms affect the ability of 19 minors to access fentanyl. 20 (5) Other measures taken by law enforcement, 21 the medical community, and others to address the 22 issues described in paragraphs (1) through (4). 23 (6) Practices, policies, and other measures 24 taken by social media platforms to address the abil- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 57 •HR 7757 IH ity of drug sellers to use social media platforms and 1 the effectiveness of such practices, policies, and 2 measures. 3 (7) Recommendations for Congress to eliminate 4 the prevalence and ability for minors to access 5 fentanyl on social media platforms. 6 (b) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—In developing the 7 report required by subsection (a), the Commission shall 8 consult with stakeholders, including parents, social media 9 platforms, law enforcement, medical professionals, and 10 other relevant experts. 11 (c) REDACTION PERMITTED.—In publishing the re- 12 port required by subsection (a), the Commission, in con- 13 sultation with the Attorney General, may redact any infor- 14 mation relating to paragraphs (3) and (5) of such sub- 15 section that may compromise any law enforcement tactic, 16 strategy, or technique. 17 PART 3—ASSESSING SAFETY TOOLS FOR 18 PARENTS AND MINORS ACT 19 SEC. 515. SHORT TITLE. 20 This part may be cited as the ‘‘Assessing Safety 21 Tools for Parents and Minors Act’’. 22 SEC. 516. INDUSTRY REVIEW AND REPORT. 23 (a) REVIEW.—Not later than 6 months after the date 24 of the enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consulta- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 58 •HR 7757 IH tion with industry, parents, individuals with expertise in 1 communications technologies, parental controls, privacy, 2 and mental health, and any other appropriate entities as 3 determined by the Commission, shall— 4 (1) initiate a review of industry efforts to pro- 5 mote online safety for minors through education, pa- 6 rental and child safety tools, age-appropriate labels 7 for content, privacy and other safety settings, or 8 other relevant technologies or initiatives; and 9 (2) examine the effectiveness of industry efforts 10 identified under paragraph (1) to mitigate online 11 harms for minors and provide recommendations for 12 industry, Congress, and agencies to improve online 13 safety for minors. 14 (b) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Not later than 3 years 15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commis- 16 sion shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 17 and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 18 Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 19 a report with the findings and recommendations resulting 20 from the review described in subsection (a). 21 (c) EXEMPTION.—Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 22 44, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paper- 23 work Reduction Act’’) does not apply to this section. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 59 •HR 7757 IH PART 4—STUDY ON CHATBOTS AND MENTAL 1 HEALTH OF MINORS 2 SEC. 517. STUDY REQUIRED. 3 The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 4 through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, 5 shall conduct a 4-year longitudinal study to evaluate the 6 risks and benefits of chatbots with respect to the mental 7 health of minors, including with respect to loneliness, anx- 8 iety, social skill building, social isolation, depression, self- 9 harm, and suicidal ideation. 10 SEC. 518. CONSULTATION. 11 In conducting the study required by section 517, the 12 Secretary, acting through the Director, shall consult with 13 the following: 14 (1) The Director of the National Institute of 15 Mental Health. 16 (2) Pediatric mental health experts. 17 (3) Technologists. 18 (4) Ethicists. 19 (5) Educators. 20 SEC. 519. REPORT. 21 Not later than 4 years after the date of the enact- 22 ment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Direc- 23 tor, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Com- 24 merce of the House of Representatives and the Commit- 25 tees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 60 •HR 7757 IH Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 1 report on the results of the study required by section 517 2 and any related recommendations. 3 Subtitle B—Education 4 PART 1—PROMOTING A SAFE INTERNET FOR 5 MINORS ACT 6 SEC. 521. SHORT TITLE. 7 This part may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting a Safe 8 Internet for Minors Act’’. 9 SEC. 522. ONLINE SAFETY FOR MINORS. 10 (a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle A of the Protecting Chil- 11 dren in the 21st Century Act (15 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.) 12 is amended by striking sections 211 through 214 and 216 13 and inserting the following: 14 ‘‘SEC. 211. PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL CAM- 15 PAIGN. 16 ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact- 17 ment of this section, the Commission, in partnership with 18 the heads of other relevant agencies, State and local gov- 19 ernments, nonprofit organizations, schools, industry, law 20 enforcement, medical professionals, and other appropriate 21 entities, shall carry out a program throughout the United 22 States to promote the safe use of the internet by minors, 23 that includes the following: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 61 •HR 7757 IH ‘‘(1) The identification, promotion, and encour- 1 agement of best practices for educators, online plat- 2 forms, minors, and parents and guardians to protect 3 minors online. 4 ‘‘(2) The establishment and implementation of 5 an outreach and education campaign throughout the 6 United States that promotes online safety for mi- 7 nors. 8 ‘‘(3) The facilitation of access to, and the ex- 9 change of, information regarding online safety for 10 minors to promote up-to-date knowledge regarding 11 harms and risks negatively impacting or benefits 12 positively impacting minors online. 13 ‘‘(4) The facilitation of access to publicly acces- 14 sible online safety education and public awareness 15 efforts by other relevant agencies, State and local 16 governments, nonprofit organizations, schools, indus- 17 try, and other appropriate entities. 18 ‘‘SEC. 212. ANNUAL REPORT. 19 ‘‘Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact- 20 ment of this section, and annually thereafter for 10 years, 21 the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Com- 22 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 23 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 62 •HR 7757 IH Representatives a report that describes the activities car- 1 ried out under section 211. 2 ‘‘SEC. 213. DEFINITIONS. 3 ‘‘In this subtitle: 4 ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the 5 meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 6 United States Code. 7 ‘‘(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commission’ 8 means the Federal Trade Commission. 9 ‘‘(3) MINOR.—The term ‘minor’ means an indi- 10 vidual under the age of 17. 11 ‘‘(4) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 12 ‘nonprofit organization’ means an organization that 13 is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev- 14 enue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 15 section 501(a) of such Code. 16 ‘‘(5) ONLINE SAFETY.—The term ‘online safety’ 17 includes issues regarding the use of the internet in 18 a manner that promotes safe online activity for mi- 19 nors through the following: 20 ‘‘(A) Protecting minors from cybercrimes, 21 access to narcotics, tobacco products, gambling, 22 alcohol, and other adult content. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 63 •HR 7757 IH ‘‘(B) Preventing compulsive behavior on- 1 line and other adverse impacts on the physical 2 and mental health of minors. 3 ‘‘(C) Facilitating the effective use of safe- 4 guards, parental controls, and other tools to 5 empower parents, guardians, and minors to pro- 6 tect minors online. 7 ‘‘(6) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 8 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 9 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 10 States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.’’. 11 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 12 The table of contents for subtitle A of the Protecting Chil- 13 dren in the 21st Century Act (15 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.) 14 is amended— 15 (1) by striking the items related to sections 211 16 through 214 and 216; and 17 (2) inserting before section 215 the following: 18 ‘‘Sec. 211. Public awareness and educational campaign. ‘‘Sec. 212. Annual report. ‘‘Sec. 213. Definitions.’’. PART 2—AI WARNINGS AND RESOURCES FOR 19 EDUCATION (AWARE) ACT 20 SEC. 523. SHORT TITLE. 21 This part may be cited as the ‘‘AI Warnings And Re- 22 sources for Education Act’’ or the ‘‘AWARE Act’’. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 64 •HR 7757 IH SEC. 524. CHATBOTS AND MINORS. 1 (a) EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES.—Not later than 1 2 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com- 3 mission, in consultation with relevant agencies, shall de- 4 velop and make available to the public educational re- 5 sources for parents, educators, and minors with respect 6 to the safe and responsible use of chatbots by minors. 7 (b) CONTENTS.—The educational resources devel- 8 oped and made available under subsection (a) shall include 9 resources on— 10 (1) the risks and benefits of chatbot use; 11 (2) privacy and data collection practices; and 12 (3) best practices for parents supporting the 13 safe use of chatbots by minors. 14 (c) YOUVILLE.—The Commission shall, in a manner 15 appropriate for minors, model the educational resources 16 developed and made available under subsection (a) on the 17 Youville program of the Commission. 18 Subtitle C—Partnerships and Best 19 Practices 20 SEC. 525. SHORT TITLE. 21 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Kids Internet Safe- 22 ty Partnership Act’’. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 65 •HR 7757 IH SEC. 526. KIDS INTERNET SAFETY PARTNERSHIP. 1 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 3 establish the Kids Internet Safety Partnership. 4 (b) DIRECTOR.—The Secretary shall appoint a Direc- 5 tor to be the head of the Partnership. 6 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Partnership shall be 7 the following: 8 (1) Coordinate with relevant agencies, including 9 the Commission, and stakeholders to identify— 10 (A) the risks for minors with respect to the 11 use of websites, online services, online applica- 12 tions, and mobile applications; 13 (B) the benefits for minors with respect to 14 the use of websites, online services, online appli- 15 cations, and mobile applications; and 16 (C) widely accepted or evidence-based best 17 practices that account for minors of different 18 ages and— 19 (i) address the risks identified under 20 subparagraph (A); and 21 (ii) preserve and enhance the benefits 22 identified under subparagraph (B). 23 (2) Not later than 1 year after the date on 24 which the Partnership is established, and every 2 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 66 •HR 7757 IH years thereafter, publish on a publicly available 1 website a report that details— 2 (A) the identifications made under para- 3 graph (1); and 4 (B) the efficacy and adoption by websites, 5 online services, online applications, and mobile 6 applications of— 7 (i) safeguards for minors; and 8 (ii) parental tools. 9 (3) Not later than 2 years after the date on 10 which the Partnership is established, publish on a 11 publicly available website a playbook for providers 12 and developers of websites, online services, online 13 applications, and mobile applications to facilitate the 14 implementation of widely accepted or evidence-based 15 best practices that account for minors of different 16 ages and address the risks identified under para- 17 graph (1)(A) and preserve and enhance the benefits 18 identified under paragraph (1)(B), including best 19 practices with respect to— 20 (A) age verification, assurance, and esti- 21 mation techniques; 22 (B) design features; 23 (C) parental tools; 24 (D) default privacy and account settings; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 67 •HR 7757 IH (E) reporting systems and tools; 1 (F) third-party safety software services; 2 and 3 (G) limitations and opt-outs related to per- 4 sonalized recommendation systems and 5 chatbots. 6 (d) STAKEHOLDERS.—In coordinating with stake- 7 holders under subsection (c)(1), the Partnership shall co- 8 ordinate with the following: 9 (1) Academic experts with specific expertise 10 with respect to the prevention of risks for minors on- 11 line. 12 (2) Researchers with specific expertise with re- 13 spect to social media. 14 (3) Parents and minors with demonstrated ex- 15 perience with respect to the safety of minors online. 16 (4) Educators with demonstrated experience 17 with respect to the safety of minors online. 18 (5) Online platforms. 19 (6) Experts in academia and civil society with 20 specific expertise with respect to constitutional law, 21 privacy, free expression, access to information, and 22 civil liberties. 23 (7) State attorneys general (or designees there- 24 of who work in State or local government). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 68 •HR 7757 IH (e) SUNSET.—The Partnership shall terminate on the 1 date that is 5 years after the date on which the Partner- 2 ship is established. 3 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 4 (1) PARENTAL TOOL.—The term ‘‘parental 5 tool’’— 6 (A) means a tool that— 7 (i) a website, online service, online ap- 8 plication, or mobile application provides to 9 a parent of a user who the service or appli- 10 cation knows is a minor; and 11 (ii) the parent uses to support such 12 user with respect to the use of the website, 13 service, or application; and 14 (B) includes a tool that allows a parent of 15 a user who the website, service, or application 16 knows is a minor to— 17 (i) view or change the privacy and ac- 18 count settings of such user; 19 (ii) grant or withdraw verifiable pa- 20 rental consent; 21 (iii) restrict the purchases and finan- 22 cial transactions of such user; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 69 •HR 7757 IH (iv) view metrics of the total time 1 spent on such website, service, or applica- 2 tion by such user; 3 (v) restrict time spent on such 4 website, service, or application by such 5 user; 6 (vi) report illegal or harmful conduct 7 on such website, service, or application 8 with respect to which such user may be a 9 victim; and 10 (vii) limit or opt-out of personalized 11 recommendation systems or chatbots. 12 (2) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘Partnership’’ 13 means the Kids Internet Safety Partnership estab- 14 lished under subsection (a). 15 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 16 the Secretary of Commerce. 17 TITLE VI—GENERAL 18 PROVISIONS 19 SEC. 601. ENFORCEMENT. 20 (a) ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSION.— 21 (1) UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC- 22 TICES.—A violation of this Act shall be treated as 23 a violation of a regulation under section 18(a)(1)(B) 24 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 70 •HR 7757 IH 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or 1 practices. 2 (2) POWERS OF COMMISSION.—The Commis- 3 sion shall enforce this Act in the same manner, by 4 the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 5 powers, and duties as though all applicable terms 6 and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act 7 (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and 8 made a part of this Act, and any person who violates 9 this Act shall be subject to the penalties and entitled 10 to the privileges and immunities provided in the 11 Federal Trade Commission Act. 12 (3) AUTHORITY PRESERVED.—Nothing in this 13 title may be construed to limit the authority of the 14 Commission under any other provision of law. 15 (b) ACTIONS BY STATES.— 16 (1) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which the at- 17 torney general of a State, or an official or agency of 18 a State, has reason to believe that an interest of the 19 residents of such State has been or is threatened or 20 adversely affected by an act or practice in violation 21 of this Act, the State, as parens patriae, may bring 22 a civil action on behalf of the residents of the State 23 in an appropriate district court of the United States 24 to— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 71 •HR 7757 IH (A) enjoin such act or practice; 1 (B) enforce compliance with this Act; 2 (C) obtain damages, restitution, or other 3 compensation on behalf of residents of the 4 State; or 5 (D) obtain such other legal and equitable 6 relief as the court may consider to be appro- 7 priate. 8 (2) NOTICE.—Before filing an action under this 9 subsection, the attorney general, official, or agency 10 of the State involved shall provide to the Commis- 11 sion a written notice of such action and a copy of 12 the complaint for such action. If the attorney gen- 13 eral, official, or agency determines that it is not fea- 14 sible to provide the notice described in this para- 15 graph before the filing of the action, the attorney 16 general, official, or agency shall provide written no- 17 tice of the action and a copy of the complaint to the 18 Commission immediately upon the filing of the ac- 19 tion. 20 (3) AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION.— 21 (A) IN GENERAL.—On receiving notice 22 under paragraph (2) of an action under this 23 subsection, the Commission shall have the 24 right— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 72 •HR 7757 IH (i) to intervene in the action; 1 (ii) upon so intervening— 2 (I) to be heard on all matters 3 arising therein; and 4 (II) to file petitions for appeal. 5 (B) LIMITATION ON STATE ACTION WHILE 6 FEDERAL ACTION IS PENDING.—If the Commis- 7 sion or the Attorney General of the United 8 States has instituted a civil action for violation 9 of this Act (referred to in this subparagraph as 10 the ‘‘Federal action’’), no State attorney gen- 11 eral, official, or agency may bring an action 12 under this subsection during the pendency of 13 the Federal action against any defendant 14 named in the complaint in the Federal action 15 for any violation of this Act alleged in such 16 complaint. 17 (4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of 18 bringing a civil action under this subsection, nothing 19 in this Act may be construed to prevent an attorney 20 general, official, or agency of a State from exercising 21 the powers conferred on the attorney general, offi- 22 cial, or agency by the laws of such State to conduct 23 investigations, administer oaths and affirmations, or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 73 •HR 7757 IH compel the attendance of witnesses or the production 1 of documentary and other evidence. 2 SEC. 602. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 3 (a) RIGHT OF ACTION.—A petition for review that 4 challenges the constitutionality of this Act or the constitu- 5 tionality of any action, finding, or determination under 6 this Act may be filed only in the United States Court of 7 Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 8 (b) EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.—The United States 9 Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall 10 have exclusive jurisdiction over any challenge to the con- 11 stitutionality of this Act or the constitutionality of any ac- 12 tion, finding, or determination under this Act. 13 (c) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—A challenge to this 14 Act may only be brought— 15 (1) in the case of a challenge to the constitu- 16 tionality of this Act, not later than 90 days after the 17 date of the enactment of this Act; and 18 (2) in the case of a challenge to the constitu- 19 tionality of any action, finding, or determination 20 under this Act, not later than 60 days after the date 21 of such action, finding, or determination. 22 SEC. 603. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 23 Nothing in this Act may be construed to do any of 24 the following: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 74 •HR 7757 IH (1) Allow a governmental entity to enforce this 1 Act based on a viewpoint expressed by or through 2 any speech, expression, or information protected by 3 the First Amendment to the Constitution of the 4 United States. 5 (2) Prevent the taking of reasonable measures 6 to block or filter spam, prevent criminal activity, or 7 protect the security of a platform or service. 8 (3) Require the disclosure of the browsing be- 9 havior, search history, messages, contact list, or 10 other content or metadata of the communications of 11 a minor. 12 (4) Limit or impair the Children’s Online Pri- 13 vacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501 et 14 seq.) or any rule or regulation promulgated under 15 such Act. 16 (5) Expand, limit the scope of, or alter the 17 meaning of section 230 of the Communications Act 18 of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230). 19 (6) Restrict the ability to— 20 (A) cooperate with a law enforcement 21 agency regarding activity reasonably and in 22 good faith believed to violate a Federal, State, 23 or local law, rule, or regulation; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 75 •HR 7757 IH (B) comply with a lawful civil, criminal, or 1 regulatory inquiry, subpoena, or summons from 2 a Federal, State, local, or other governmental 3 authority; 4 (C) investigate, establish, exercise, respond 5 to, or defend against a legal claim; 6 (D) prevent, detect, or respond to a secu- 7 rity incident, identity theft, fraud, harassment, 8 or any other malicious, deceptive, or illegal ac- 9 tivity; or 10 (E) investigate or report a person respon- 11 sible for an activity described in subparagraph 12 (D). 13 (7) Decrypt or ensure an ability to decrypt an 14 encrypted communication of a user. 15 (8) Preclude the use of any form of encryption, 16 including end-to-end encryption, for any communica- 17 tion of a user. 18 (9) Design, build, or implement any feature, 19 function, software, hardware, or other capability for 20 the purpose of weakening, undermining, circum- 21 venting, or overcoming any security control, includ- 22 ing encryption, that is used to protect the privacy or 23 security of any communication or data of a user. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 76 •HR 7757 IH (10) Require indefinite retention of data of a 1 user. 2 (11) Require the affirmative collection of any 3 personal information with respect to age that is not 4 collected already in the normal course of business. 5 SEC. 604. SEVERABILITY. 6 If any provision of this Act or the application of this 7 Act to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitu- 8 tional, the remaining provisions of this Act and the appli- 9 cation of this Act to other persons or circumstances shall 10 not be affected. 11 SEC. 605. EFFECTIVE DATE. 12 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act 13 shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date 14 of the enactment of this Act. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 Mar 03, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7757.IH H7757 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS