Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6499 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6499

To require the Federal Trade Commission to submit a report on industry 
  efforts to promote online safety for minors, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2025

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Federal Trade Commission to submit a report on industry 
  efforts to promote online safety for minors, 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 ``Assessing Safety Tools for Parents 
and Minors Act''.

SEC. 2. INDUSTRY REVIEW AND REPORT.

    (a) Review.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Commission, in consultation with industry, parents, 
experts in communications technologies and parental controls, experts 
in privacy, mental health experts, and other appropriate entities as 
determined by the Commission, shall--
            (1) initiate a review of industry efforts to promote online 
        safety for minors through education, parental and child safety 
        tools, age-appropriate labels for content, privacy and other 
        safety settings, or other relevant technologies or initiatives; 
        and
            (2) examine the effectiveness of industry efforts 
        identified in paragraph (1) to mitigate online harms for minors 
        and provide recommendations for industry, Congress, and 
        agencies to improve online safety for minors.
    (b) Submission of Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a 
report with the findings and recommendations resulting from the review 
described in subsection (a).
    (c) Exemption.--This Act is exemption from subchapter I of chapter 
35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Paperwork 
Reduction Act).
    (d) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Trade Commission.
            (2) Minor.--The term ``minor'' means an individual under 
        the age of 17.
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