Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act
Latest action · Nov 7, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
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.
- IntroducedNov 6, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act - Makes it unlawful for an operator of a pornographic website to display any pornographic material without first verifying that any user is at least 18 years old.
Makes it unlawful for an operator of a website to carry out any financial transaction involving any product or service whose sale or access to persons under a legally specified age is prohibited by federal or state law without first verifying that any user meets the age requirement.
Imposes criminal penalties.
Requires any Internet payment service provider or business performing financial transactions relating to pornographic material or to age-restricted products or services only process age-verified transactions. Establishes safe harbors.
Requires: (1) violations to be treated as violations of a rule regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices; and (2) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce this title.
Prohibits construing this Act as providing a private right of action, including a class action.
Prohibits any financial institution from processing a financial transaction denominated in or otherwise involving an electronic currency not backed by the full faith and credit of a United Nations (UN) member state.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Nov 6, 2009 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 6, 2009 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Nov 7, 2009 | |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Nov 7, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
- Nov 7, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
- Nov 6, 2009Introduced in House
- Nov 6, 2009Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Nov 6, 2009Referred to House Financial Services
- Nov 6, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-48 | THE FUTURE OF THE GRID: PROPOSALS FOR REFORMING NATIONAL TRANSMISSION POLICY277 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 12, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enhance Internet safety and security and to prevent exploitation of children online through the use of technology.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Child safety and welfare
- Computer security and identity theft
- Consumer affairs
- Crimes against children
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Financial services and investments
- Firearms and explosives
- Foreign and international banking
- Gambling
- Government information and archives
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Organized crime
- Pornography
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Science, Technology, Communications
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 6, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
