Internet Application I.D. Act

Bill: 118-s-4598
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2024-06-20
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2024-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4598 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 20, 2024 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Grassley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 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 a foreign adversary country, by a foreign adversary country-owned-entity, or by a non-state-owned entity located in a foreign adversary country, or that stores and maintains information collected from such website or application in a foreign adversary country, to disclose that fact to any individual who downloads or otherwise uses such website or application.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Internet Application Integrity and Disclosure Act or the Internet Application I.D. Act . 2. Disclosure requirements relating to ownership, storage, and maintenance of information in a foreign adversary country (a) Disclosure requirements Beginning 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, any person who owns, controls, or distributes access to a covered service shall clearly and conspicuously disclose to any individual who downloads or otherwise uses the covered service the following: (1) Whether the covered service is owned, wholly or partially, by a foreign adversary country, by a foreign adversary country-owned entity, or by a non-state-owned entity located in a foreign adversary country. (2) Whether information collected from the covered service is stored and maintained in a foreign adversary country. (3) Whether a foreign adversary country or a foreign adversary country-owned entity has access to such information. (b) False information It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly disclose false information under this section. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered service defined The term covered service means an internet website or a mobile application that— (A) is owned, wholly or partially, by a foreign adversary country, by a foreign adversary country-owned entity, or by a non-state-owned entity located in a foreign adversary country; or (B) stores and maintains information collected from such website or application in a foreign adversary country. (2) Foreign adversary country The term foreign adversary country means a country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code. (3) Individual The term individual means a natural person residing in the United States. (4) Non-state-owned entity located in a foreign adversary country The term non-state-owned entity located in a foreign adversary country means an entity that is— (A) controlled (as such term is defined in section 800.208 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, or a successor regulation) by any governmental organization of a foreign adversary country; or (B) organized under the laws of a foreign adversary country. 3. Enforcement (a) Unfair or deceptive acts or practices A violation of this Act is 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, and entitled to the privileges and immunities, provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq. ). (3) Authority preserved Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the Federal Trade Commission under any other provision of law.