S4108-118

Introduced

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide a process to lock and suspend domain names used to facilitate the online sale of drugs illegally, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Apr 11, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide a process to lock and suspend domain names used to facilitate the online sale of drugs illegally, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Immigration, Healthcare.

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 HE1178F26BEFE4462B50B62BAB3380CAC: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Domain Reform for Unlawful Drug Sellers Act or the DRUGS Act.
  • Section HB3346A8706684BDAAFF7A5C691FBE01C: 2. Domain names used to facilitate the online sale of drugs illegally Subchapter A of chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et...
  • Section H9D39E0A7FE4F4C27A4228723D4337B62: 524C. Domain names used to facilitate the online sale of drugs illegally A registry operator or registrar shall— not later than 24 hours after receipt of a...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide a process to lock and suspend domain names used to facilitate the online sale of drugs illegally, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Immigration, Healthcare

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide a process to lock and suspend domain names used to facilitate the online sale of drugs illegally, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Immigration Healthcare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 11, 2024

Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Immigration Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"registry" §H9D39E0A7FE4F4C27A4228723D4337B62

an authoritative master database of the domain names registered in a top-level domain. The term registry operator means an organization that maintains a registry, including by— receiving requests from registrars to add, delete, or modify domain names

"registry" §HB3346A8706684BDAAFF7A5C691FBE01C

an authoritative master database of the domain names registered in a top-level domain. The term registry operator means an organization that maintains a registry, including by— receiving requests from registrars to add, delete, or modify domain names

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