HR5495-118

Introduced

To prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 14, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Labor, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services 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, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H14B9A67C2C5341CF81FF28B277ADAFB5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Political Bias In Algorithm Sorting Emails Act of 2023 or the Political BIAS Emails Act of 2023.
  • Section H065932202091462E8D4EBC7ED4B52C84: 2. Unfair and deceptive acts and practices relating to filtering political emails that a consumer has elected to receive It shall be unlawful for an operator...
  • Section HAA20FE7831604A369061B1FA5727199A: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term filtering algorithm means a computational process, including one derived from algorithmic decision making, machine...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Labor, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Labor Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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technology companies and users of digital services: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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federal implementing agencies: ,
technology companies and users of digital services: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 14, 2023

Mrs. Lesko (for herself, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Steube, Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Labor Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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