Title: CAPTURE Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Cooperation Among Police, Tech, and Users to Resist Exploitation Act or the CAPTURE Act
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress on cooperation between social media companies and law enforcement to address illegal content and activity online.
The report must include legislative recommendations to improve cooperation, as well as recommendations to require social media companies to establish a single point of contact in every state for federal, state, and local law enforcement entities.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6755 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6755

 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to 
   Congress a report on big tech and law enforcement, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2022

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to 
   Congress a report on big tech and law enforcement, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Cooperation Among Police, Tech, and 
Users to Resist Exploitation Act'' or the ``CAPTURE Act''.

SEC. 2. GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON BIG TECH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a 
study on the following:
            (1) How social media companies currently communicate, 
        consult, and coordinate with Federal, State, and local law 
        enforcement to address illegal content and activity online.
            (2) Document successes and failures by social media 
        companies in cooperating with Federal, State, and local law 
        enforcement agencies in events of imminent injury or death to 
        individuals.
            (3) Ways in which social media companies can better 
        communicate, consult, and coordinate with Federal, State, and 
        local law enforcement to address illegal content and activity 
        online.
    (b) Report to Congress Required.--Not later than 6 months after the 
completion of the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that 
contains--
            (1) the results of the study conducted pursuant to 
        subsection (a); and
            (2) recommendations to--
                    (A) develop legislation that may assist social 
                media companies to better communicate, consult, and 
                coordinate with Federal, State, and local law 
                enforcement to address illegal content and activity 
                online; and
                    (B) require social media companies to establish a 
                single point of contact in every State for Federal, 
                State, and local law enforcement entities.
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