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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6942 
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 or by a non-state owned entity located 
in China, to disclose that fact to any individual who downloads or 
otherwise uses such application. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2020 
Mr. KINZINGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
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 or by a non-state owned entity located in China, 
to disclose that fact to any individual who downloads 
or otherwise uses such application. 
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 ‘‘Internet Application 
Integrity and Disclosure Act’’ or the ‘‘Internet Application 
I.D. Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CHINESE OWNERSHIP DISCLOSURE REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) DISCLOSURE.—Any person that maintains 
an internet website or that sells or distributes a mo-
bile application that is owned, wholly or partially, by 
the Chinese Communist Party or by a non-state 
owned entity located in China, shall disclose to any 
individual who downloads or otherwise uses such ap-
plication, in a clear and conspicuous manner, that 
such website or mobile application is owned, wholly 
or partially, by the Chinese Communist Party or by 
a non-state owned entity located in China. 
(2) FALSE INFORMATION.—It shall be unlawful 
for any person to knowingly provide false informa-
tion with respect to the information required under 
this subsection. 
SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES.— 
(1) A violation of this Act shall be treated as 
a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive 
act or practice prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) 
of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
57a(a)(1)(B)). 
(b) POWERS
OF
THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS-
SION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Trade Commis-
sion 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 incorporated into and 
made a part of this Act. 
(2) PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.—Any person 
that violates this Act shall be subject to the pen-
alties (including the provisions of subsections (l) and 
(m) of section 5 of such Act which provide for a 
maximum civil penalty per violation of $42,350 (as 
of February 14, 2019)), and entitled to the privi-
leges and immunities, provided in the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 
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