American Genetic Privacy Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5830 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5830

To prohibit commercial DNA testing services from disclosing the genetic 
  information of United States nationals to foreign entities, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2023

 Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit commercial DNA testing services from disclosing the genetic 
  information of United States nationals to foreign entities, 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 ``American Genetic Privacy Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISCLOSING GENETIC INFORMATION TO CHINA.

    (a) Prohibition.--A commercial DNA testing service may not disclose 
the genetic information of any individual, or any aggregate of such 
information, to the People's Republic of China, or to any entity under 
the influence, control, or ownership of the People's Republic of China.
    (b) Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission.--
            (1) Unfair or deceptive acts or practices.--A violation of 
        this section shall be treated as a violation of a regulation 
        under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or 
        practices.
            (2) Powers of commission.--The Federal Trade Commission 
        shall enforce this section 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 part of this section. Any person who violates this 
        section shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to the 
        privileges and immunities provided in the Federal Trade 
        Commission Act.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commercial dna testing service.--The term ``commercial 
        DNA testing service'' means any person that provides 
        genealogical or ancestry-related information based on an 
        individual's DNA.
            (2) Genetic information.--The term ``genetic information'' 
        means, with respect to any individual, information about such 
        individual's genetic tests.
            (3) Genetic test.--The term ``genetic test'' has the 
        meaning given such term by section 201 of the Genetic 
        Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-233; 
        42 U.S.C. 2000ff).
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