SOCIAL MEDIA Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, SOCIAL MEDIA Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Trade, Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors 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, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Online Confusion for Investigative Agencies and Law-enforcement by Maintaining Evidence Determined...
- Section idB86230F5A95946358DCF6EBC63F9CEDD: 2. Better Investigation Communications Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each social media platform shall— create a law...
- Section id975789D59D8B480C875B2E7079F90625: 3. Improving Data Collection and Reporting There is established the Federal Trade Commission Platform Safety Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as...
- Section id28C826F70301429FAB09D38B699665C6: 4. Enforcement A violation of section 2(a) or 3(c) or a regulation promulgated under this Act shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or...
- Section idF120E392B59D4FDA99BDA8B310543459: 5. Definitions In this Act: The term Chair means the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission. The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. The term...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, SOCIAL MEDIA Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Trade, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, SOCIAL MEDIA Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Rick Scott
R-FL | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
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?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
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