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Referenced Laws
15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)
15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.
Section 1
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Internet Application Integrity and Disclosure Act or the Internet Application I.D. Act.
Section 2
2. Disclosure requirements relating to Chinese ownership, storage, and maintenance of information in China 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: 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. Whether information collected from the covered service is stored and maintained in the People’s Republic of China. Whether the Chinese Communist Party or a Chinese state-owned entity has access to such information. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly disclose false information under this section. In this section: The term covered service means an internet website or 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 domiciled in the People’s Republic of China; or stores and maintains information collected from such website or application in the People's Republic of China. The term individual means a natural person residing in the United States. The term non-state owned entity located in the People’s Republic of China means an entity that is— 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 organized under the laws of the 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.
Section 3
3. Enforcement 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)). 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. 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.). Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the Federal Trade Commission under any other provision of law.