[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3329 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3329

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2023

 Ms. Cortez Masto introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
 and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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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, by a Chinese state-owned-entity, or by 
a non-state-owned entity located in the People's Republic of China, or 
 that stores and maintains information collected from such website or 
   application in 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. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CHINESE OWNERSHIP, STORAGE, 
              AND MAINTENANCE OF INFORMATION IN CHINA.

    (a) Disclosure Requirements.--Beginning 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, any person who owns or controls an internet 
website or a mobile application 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 the Chinese Communist Party, by a Chinese state-
        owned entity, or by a non-state-owned entity domiciled in the 
        People's Republic of China.
            (2) Whether information collected from the covered service 
        is stored and maintained in the People's Republic of China.
            (3) Whether the Chinese Communist Party or a Chinese state-
        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 the Chinese 
                Communist Party, by a Chinese state-owned entity, or by 
                a non-state-owned entity domiciled in the People's 
                Republic of China; or
                    (B) stores and maintains information collected from 
                such website or application in the People's Republic of 
                China.
            (2) Individual.--The term ``individual'' means a natural 
        person residing in the United States.
            (3) Non-state owned entity located in the people's republic 
        of china.--The term ``non-state owned entity located in the 
        People's Republic of China'' 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 the People's Republic of China; or
                    (B) organized under the laws of the People's 
                Republic of China.
            (4) People's republic of china.--The term ``People's 
        Republic of China'' has the meaning given the term ``China'' in 
        section 142 of title 15, United States Code.

SEC. 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.
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