Internet Application I.D. Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 784 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 784

To require any person that maintains an internet website or that sells 
or distributes a mobile application that is owned, wholly or partially, 
 by the Chinese Communist Party or by a non-state-owned entity located 
    in the People's Republic of China, to disclose that fact to any 
individual who downloads or otherwise uses such website or application.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2023

Mr. Fulcher (for himself and Mr. Pappas) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 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 the Chinese Communist Party or by a non-state-owned entity located 
    in the People's Republic of China, to disclose that fact to any 
individual who downloads or otherwise uses such website or application.

    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 ``Internet Application Integrity and 
Disclosure Act'' or the ``Internet Application I.D. Act''.

SEC. 2. CHINESE OWNERSHIP DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Disclosure.--Any person that maintains an internet website or 
that sells or distributes a mobile application that is owned, wholly or 
partially, by the Chinese Communist Party or by a non-state-owned 
entity located in the People's Republic of China, shall disclose to any 
individual who downloads or otherwise uses such website or application, 
in a clear and conspicuous manner, that such website or application is 
owned, wholly or partially, by the Chinese Communist Party or by a non-
state-owned entity located in the People's Republic of China.
    (b) False Information.--It shall be unlawful for any person to 
knowingly disclose false information under this section.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices.--A violation of this Act 
shall be treated as 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.).
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