To safeguard children from harmful app services accessible through app stores across the United States, to provide parents with parental controls, to provide parents clear and accurate information about apps and their services to ensure proper parental consent is achieved, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To safeguard children from harmful app services accessible through app stores across the United States, to provide parents with parental controls, to provide parents clear and accurate information about apps and their services to ensure proper parental consent is achieved, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Technology, Education.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H9B0A02942D854204A42A5A4A861D70BB: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the App Store Accountability Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section H46C8B1153B3B4C5C87146C876601E855: 2. Findings; sense of Congress Congress finds the following: Minors do not have the same capacity to consent to a contract as adults. Many apps allow in-app...
- Section H09CE4D3E022D45318947A68F7CECC7DB: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term age category means the category of an individual based on their age, including the following categories: An adult is such...
- Section H38BB0643913F4C73927BBA10D4322EE0: 4. App store obligations Each covered app store provider shall do the following: Determine the age category for each individual in the United States that uses...
- Section HA55EDDB6633F49D58A62D310D5A26C6C: 5. Developer obligations To the extent that a developer provides age ratings or descriptions of content to users, the developer shall— clearly provide the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To safeguard children from harmful app services accessible through app stores across the United States, to provide parents with parental controls, to provide parents clear and accurate information about apps and their services to ensure proper parental consent is achieved, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Technology, Education
Primary Purpose
This bill, To safeguard children from harmful app services accessible through app stores across the United States, to provide parents with parental controls, to provide parents clear and accurate information about apps and their services to ensure proper parental consent is achieved, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. James introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
authorization that is provided— by a parent who a covered app store provider has verified is an adult
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