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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6437 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Kids Internet Safety 
Partnership to identify and advance best practices with respect to the 
online safety of minors, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. FRY (for himself and Mr. LANDSMAN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Kids 
Internet Safety Partnership to identify and advance best 
practices with respect to the online safety of minors, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kids Internet Safety 
Partnership Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. KIDS INTERNET SAFETY PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
establish the Kids Internet Safety Partnership. 
(b) DIRECTOR.—The Secretary shall appoint a Direc-
tor to be the head of the Partnership. 
(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Partnership shall be 
the following: 
(1) Coordinate with relevant Federal agencies, 
including the Federal Trade Commission, and stake-
holders to identify— 
(A) the risks for minors with respect to the 
use of websites, online services, online applica-
tions, and mobile applications; 
(B) the benefits for minors with respect to 
the use of websites, online services, online appli-
cations, and mobile applications; and 
(C) widely accepted or evidence-based best 
practices that account for minors of different 
ages and— 
(i) address the risks identified under 
subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) preserve and enhance the benefits 
identified under subparagraph (B). 
(2) Not later than 1 year after the date on 
which the Partnership is established, and every 2 
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years thereafter, publish on a publicly available 
website a report that details— 
(A) the identifications made under para-
graph (1); and 
(B) the efficacy and adoption by websites, 
online services, online applications, and mobile 
applications of— 
(i) safeguards for minors; and 
(ii) parental tools. 
(3) Not later than 2 years after the date on 
which the Partnership is established, publish on a 
publicly available website a playbook for providers 
and developers of websites, online services, online 
applications, and mobile applications to facilitate the 
implementation of widely accepted or evidence-based 
best practices that account for minors of different 
ages and address the risks identified under para-
graph (1)(A) and preserve and enhance the benefits 
identified under paragraph (1)(B), including best 
practices with respect to— 
(A) age verification, assurance, and esti-
mation techniques; 
(B) design features; 
(C) parental tools; 
(D) default privacy and account settings; 
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(E) reporting systems and tools; 
(F) third-party safety software services; 
and 
(G) limitations and opt-outs related to per-
sonalized 
recommendation 
systems 
and 
chatbots. 
(d) STAKEHOLDERS.—In coordinating with stake-
holders under subsection (c)(1), the Partnership shall co-
ordinate with the following: 
(1) Academic experts with specific expertise 
with respect to the prevention of risks for minors on-
line. 
(2) Researchers with specific expertise with re-
spect to social media. 
(3) Parents and minors with demonstrated ex-
perience with respect to the safety of minors online. 
(4) Educators with demonstrated experience 
with respect to the safety of minors online. 
(5) Online platforms. 
(6) Experts in academia and civil society with 
specific expertise with respect to constitutional law, 
privacy, free expression, access to information, and 
civil liberties. 
(7) State attorneys general (or designees there-
of who work in State or local government). 
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(e) SUNSET.—The Partnership shall terminate on the 
date that is 5 years after the date on which the Partner-
ship is established. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DESIGN FEATURE.—The term ‘‘design fea-
ture’’— 
(A) means any feature or component of a 
website, online service, online application, or 
mobile application that encourages an increase 
in or increases the frequency of use or time 
spent by a user who is a minor with respect to 
such website, service, or application; and 
(B) includes— 
(i) infinite scrolling or auto play; 
(ii) rewards or incentives based on 
frequency of use or time spent; 
(iii) notifications and push alerts; 
(iv) badges or other visual award sym-
bols based on frequency of use or time 
spent; and 
(v) appearance altering filters. 
(2) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means an indi-
vidual who is under the age of 18. 
(3) PARENT.—The term ‘‘parent’’ means a 
legal guardian of a minor. 
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(4) PARENTAL
TOOL.—The term ‘‘parental 
tool’’— 
(A) means a tool that— 
(i) a website, online service, online ap-
plication, or mobile application provides to 
a parent of a user who the service or appli-
cation knows is a minor; and 
(ii) the parent uses to support such 
user with respect to the use of the website, 
service, or application; and 
(B) includes a tool that allows a parent of 
a user who the website, service, or application 
knows is a minor to— 
(i) view or change the privacy and ac-
count settings of such user; 
(ii) grant or withdraw verifiable pa-
rental consent; 
(iii) restrict the purchases and finan-
cial transactions of such user; 
(iv) view metrics of the total time 
spent on such website, service, or applica-
tion by such user; 
(v) restrict time spent on such 
website, service, or application by such 
user; 
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(vi) report illegal or harmful conduct 
on such website, service, or application 
with respect to which such user may be a 
victim; and 
(vii) limit or opt-out of personalized 
recommendation systems or chatbots. 
(5) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘Partnership’’ 
means the Kids Internet Safety Partnership estab-
lished under subsection (a). 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(7) VERIFIABLE
PARENTAL
CONSENT.—The 
term ‘‘verifiable parental consent’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 1302 of the Children’s 
Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 
6501). 
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