(I) the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission; 
(J) the Consumer Financial Protection Bu-
reau; 
(K) the Federal Communications Commis-
sion; 
(L) the Federal Elections Commission; and 
(M) the White House Office of Science and 
Technology Policy. 
(2) CHAIR.—The Task Force shall be co- 
chaired by 1 representative of the Commission and 
1 representative of the Department of Justice. 
(3) STAFF.—The Task Force shall hire such 
other personnel, including individuals with expertise 
in the intersection of civil rights and technology, as 
may be appropriate to enable the Task Force to per-
form its duties. 
(c) STUDY AND REPORT.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Task Force shall conduct a 
study on the discriminatory use of personal informa-
tion by online platforms in algorithmic processes. 
Such study shall include the following: 
(A) Discriminatory use of personal infor-
mation in the advertisement of (including the 
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withholding of an advertisement) housing op-
portunities. 
(B) Discriminatory use of personal infor-
mation in the advertisement of (including the 
withholding of an advertisement) credit, lend-
ing, or other financial services opportunities. 
(C) Discriminatory use of personal infor-
mation in the advertisement of (including the 
withholding of an advertisement) employment 
opportunities. 
(D) Discriminatory use of personal infor-
mation in the advertisement of (including the 
withholding of an advertisement) education op-
portunities. 
(E) Discriminatory use of personal infor-
mation in the advertisement of (including the 
withholding of an advertisement) insurance op-
portunities. 
(F) Discriminatory use of personal infor-
mation or biometric information by employers 
in the surveillance or monitoring of workers. 
(G) Discriminatory use of personal infor-
mation on online platforms involved in hiring 
screening practices. 
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(H) Discriminatory use of personal infor-
mation or biometric information in education, 
including the use of— 
(i) student personal information for 
predictive forecasting on student ability or 
potential for purposes of admissions deci-
sions; and 
(ii) automated proctoring software 
that monitors, analyzes, or otherwise proc-
esses student biometric information to 
identify suspicious behavior, including any 
discriminatory outcomes associated with 
the use of such software. 
(I) Discriminatory use of user biometric 
information. 
(J) Use of personal information by 
disinformation campaigns for the purpose of po-
litical disenfranchisement. 
(K) Any other discriminatory use of per-
sonal information. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially 
thereafter, the Task Force shall submit to Congress 
a report containing the results of the study con-
ducted under paragraph (1), together with rec-
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ommendations for such legislation and administra-
tive action as the Task Force determines appro-
priate. 
(d) FUNDING.—Out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the 
Commission such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
section. Amounts appropriated under the preceding sen-
tence shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 8. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) ENFORCEMENT BY THE COMMISSION.— 
(1) UNFAIR
OR
DECEPTIVE
ACTS
OR
PRAC-
TICE.—A violation of this Act or a regulation pro-
mulgated under this Act shall be treated as a viola-
tion of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or 
practice under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal 
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 
(2) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
enforce this Act in the same manner, by the 
same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 
powers, and duties as though all applicable 
terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were in-
corporated into and made a part of this section. 
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(B) PRIVILEGES
AND
IMMUNITIES.—Any 
person who violates this Act or a regulation 
promulgated under this Act shall be subject to 
the penalties and entitled to the privileges and 
immunities provided in the Federal Trade Com-
mission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 
(C) AUTHORITY PRESERVED.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to limit the author-
ity of the Commission under any other provi-
sion of law. 
(3) RULEMAKING.—The Commission shall pro-
mulgate in accordance with section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code, such rules as may be necessary 
to carry out this Act. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT BY STATES.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to paragraph 
(2), in any case in which the attorney general of a 
State has reason to believe that an interest of the 
residents of the State has been or is adversely af-
fected by the engagement of any person in an act or 
practice that violates this Act or a regulation pro-
mulgated under this Act, the attorney general of the 
State may, as parens patriae, bring a civil action on 
behalf of the residents of the State in an appropriate 
district court of the United States to— 
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