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[H.R. 7534 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7534
To amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to
improve protections for children, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2024
Mr. Auchincloss introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce, 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 amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to
improve protections for children, 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 ``Verifying Kids' Online Privacy
Act''.
SEC. 2. CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION.
(a) Child Defined.--Section 1302(1) of the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501(1)) is amended by
striking ``age of 13'' and inserting ``age of 16''.
(b) Verification of Age Required.--Section 1303(b) of the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6502(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Verification of age required.--The regulations
shall--
``(A) require each operator to verify the age of
each individual accessing the website or online service
of such operator to determine whether such individual
is a child; and
``(B) with respect to information collected from an
individual to verify the age of such individual,
prohibit each operator--
``(i) from selling or transferring such
information or otherwise making use of such
information for a purpose other than age
verification; and
``(ii) from further using or maintaining in
retrievable form such information with respect
to such individual on and after the date that
is 30 days after the date on which an account
or similar registration, of such individual and
associated with such information, is closed or
otherwise terminated.''.
(c) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall promulgate
regulations to implement the amendments made by subsections (a) and
(b), including regulations that, as necessary--
(1) revise the regulations promulgated under section
1303(b) of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
(15 U.S.C. 6502(b));
(2) require the revision of, or adoption of new, guidelines
approved pursuant to section 1304 of the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6503) and establish a
process under which an operator may satisfy requirements
relating to age verification by following a set of self-
regulatory guidelines approved under such section; and
(3) take other actions the Commission determines necessary
to implement the amendments.
(d) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and
(b)--
(1) shall apply to activities occurring on and after the
date on which the regulations promulgated under subsection (c)
take effect; and
(2) do not apply with respect to an individual accessing a
website or online service of an operator if such individual
established an account or similar registration with respect to
such website or online service before the date on which the
regulations promulgated under subsection (c) take effect.
(e) Children's Online Safety Fund.--
(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of
the United States a fund to be known as the ``Children's Online
Safety Fund'' (in this subsection referred to as the ``Fund'').
(2) Deposits.--On and after the date of the enactment of
this Act, civil penalty amounts obtained by a Federal entity
under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15
U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) shall be deposited into the Fund.
(3) Use of fund.--
(A) Availability to secretary of education for
grants.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available,
without further appropriation, to the Secretary of
Education to carry out a program under which the
Secretary awards grants to local educational agencies
to support digital literacy programming for children
with respect to online safety.
(B) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Education shall promulgate regulations necessary to
carry out the grant program described in subparagraph
(A), which shall include--
(i) standards for the digital literacy
programming to be supported with grant funds;
and
(ii) in consultation with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, requirements that
such programming prioritize education on mental
health and appropriate social media use.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
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