Protecting Our Children from Age-Restricted Internet Products and Services Act of 2006
Latest action · Oct 18, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Our Children from Age-Restricted Internet Products and Services Act of 2006 - Requires Internet payment processing businesses used by sellers of age-restricted products or services harmful to minors (under age 17) to include: (1) an interactive age verification process; (2) a network of authorized money receiving businesses; (3) a designated Internet payment account for each customer; and (4) procedures for ensuring that the customer's identity and age are independently verified.
Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Office of Electronic Funding Oversight to coordinate federal efforts to prevent minors from purchasing age-restricted products or services on the Internet.
Prohibits noncompliant Internet payment processing businesses from processing financial transactions for the purchase of age-restricted products or services harmful to minors.
Authorizes the Attorney General or any state Attorney General to apply for an injunction or temporary restraining order to prevent or restrain a violation of this Act.
Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to five years for violations of this Act.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 29, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Original | Sep 29, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
- Sep 29, 2006Introduced in House
- Sep 29, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
- Administrative procedure
- Alcohol and youth
- Bank accounts
- Checks
- Child welfare
- Cigarettes
- Civil actions and liability
- Commerce
- Consumer credit
- Credit cards
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of the Treasury
- Drug abuse
- Drugs
- Drugs and youth
- Electronic commerce
- Electronic funds transfers
- Evidence (Law)
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial institutions
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Identification devices
- Injunctions
- Internet
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Licenses
- Pornography
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Smokeless tobacco
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2006Introduced in House
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