CAPTURE Act

Bill: 117-hr-6755
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2022-02-18
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Cooperation Among Police, Tech, and Users to Resist Exploitation Act or the CAPTURE Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6755 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cooperation Among Police, Tech, and Users to Resist Exploitation Act or the CAPTURE Act . 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.