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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3329 

To require any person that maintains an internet website or that sells or 

distributes a mobile application that is owned, wholly or partially, by 

the Chinese Communist Party, by a Chinese state-owned-entity, or by 

a non-state-owned entity located in the People’s Republic of China, 

or that stores and maintains information collected from such website 

or application in China, to disclose that fact to any individual who 

downloads or otherwise uses such website or application. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2023 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To require any person that maintains an internet website 

or that sells or distributes a mobile application that 

is owned, wholly or partially, by the Chinese Communist 

Party, by a Chinese state-owned-entity, or by a nonstate-owned entity located in the People’s Republic of 

China, or that stores and maintains information collected 

from such website or application in China, to disclose 

that fact to any individual who downloads or otherwise 

uses such website or application. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Internet Application 

3 Integrity and Disclosure Act’’ or the ‘‘Internet Application 

4 I.D. Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CHI6 NESE OWNERSHIP, STORAGE, AND MAINTE7 NANCE OF INFORMATION IN CHINA. 

8 (a) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.—Beginning 1 year 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act, any person who 

10 owns or controls an internet website or a mobile applica11 tion shall clearly and conspicuously disclose to any indi12 vidual who downloads or otherwise uses the covered service 

13 the following: 

14 (1) Whether the covered service is owned, whol15 ly or partially, by the Chinese Communist Party, by 

16 a Chinese state-owned entity, or by a non-state17 owned entity domiciled in the People’s Republic of 

18 China. 

19 (2) Whether information collected from the cov20 ered service is stored and maintained in the People’s 

21 Republic of China. 

22 (3) Whether the Chinese Communist Party or 

23 a Chinese state-owned entity has access to such in24 formation. 


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1 (b) FALSE INFORMATION.—It shall be unlawful for 

2 any person to knowingly disclose false information under 

3 this section. 

4 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) COVERED SERVICE DEFINED.—The term 

6 ‘‘covered service’’ means an internet website or a 

7 mobile application that— 

8 (A) is owned, wholly or partially, by the 

9 Chinese Communist Party, by a Chinese state10 owned entity, or by a non-state-owned entity 

11 domiciled in the People’s Republic of China; or 

12 (B) stores and maintains information col13 lected from such website or application in the 

14 People’s Republic of China. 

15 (2) INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘individual’’ means 

16 a natural person residing in the United States. 

17 (3) NON-STATE OWNED ENTITY LOCATED IN

18 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.—The term 

19 ‘‘non-state owned entity located in the People’s Re20 public of China’’ means an entity that is— 

21 (A) controlled (as such term is defined in 

22 section 800.208 of title 31, Code of Federal 

23 Regulations, or a successor regulation) by any 

24 governmental organization of the People’s Re25 public of China; or 


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1 (B) organized under the laws of the Peo2 ple’s Republic of China. 

3 (4) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.—The term 

4 ‘‘People’s Republic of China’’ has the meaning given 

5 the term ‘‘China’’ in section 142 of title 15, United 

6 States Code. 

7 SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT. 

8 (a) UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES.— 

9 A violation of this Act is a violation of a rule defining 

10 an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under sec11 tion 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 

12 (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 

13 (b) POWERS OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS14 SION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Trade Commis16 sion shall enforce this Act in the same manner, by 

17 the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 

18 powers, and duties as though all applicable terms 

19 and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act 

20 (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and 

21 made a part of this Act. 

22 (2) PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.—Any person 

23 that violates this Act shall be subject to the pen24 alties, and entitled to the privileges and immunities, 


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1 provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 

2 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 

3 (3) AUTHORITY PRESERVED.—Nothing in this 

4 Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the 

5 Federal Trade Commission under any other provi6 sion of law. 

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