Internet Application I.D. Act
Bill: H.R.4000 | Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam (R-IL)
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Internet Application Integrity and Disclosure Act or the Internet Application I.D. Act  This bill requires websites and online sellers or distributors of mobile applications that are located in China, or owned by the Chinese Communist Party, to conspicuously disclose that location or ownership to users.
The bill provides for enforcement of this requirement by the Federal Trade Commission.

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 the People's Republic of China, to disclose that fact to any 
      individual who downloads or otherwise uses such application.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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''.

SEC. 2. CHINESE OWNERSHIP DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Disclosure.--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 the People's Republic 
        of China, shall disclose to any individual who downloads or 
        otherwise uses such application, 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 information 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 Commission.--
            (1) In general.--The Federal Trade 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 incorporated into and made a part of 
        this Act.
            (2) Privileges and immunities.--Any person that violates 
        this Act shall be subject to the penalties (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 
        privileges and immunities, provided in the Federal Trade 
        Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
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