HR8250-119

In Committee

Parents Decide Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 13, 2026

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, Parents Decide Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Transportation, Trade.

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 H731D26B3032D4930A58398FA50B3D873: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parents Decide Act.
  • Section H2F1622CF56044165A5F5DDFC56BBE5ED: 2. Required age verification for users of operating systems An operating system provider, with respect to any operating system of such provider, shall carry...

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, Parents Decide Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Transportation, Trade

Primary Purpose

This bill, Parents Decide Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Transportation Trade

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
technology companies and users of digital services:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
technology companies and users of digital services:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 13, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Apr 13, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 13, 2026

Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Ms. Stefanik) introduced the following …

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 Transportation Trade
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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