MY DATA Act of 2017
Latest action · May 5, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
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.
- IntroducedMay 4, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Managing Your Data Against Telecom Abuses Act of 2017 or the MY DATA Act of 2017
This bill prohibits providers of Internet broadband services or of Internet content, applications, or devices from using unfair or deceptive acts or practices relating to privacy or data security.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after consulting with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), may promulgate regulations to carry out such prohibition.
The FTC may also enforce this bill against common carriers regulated by the FCC under the Communications Act of 1934 and nonprofit organizations. (Currently, common carriers regulated under the Communications Act are exempt from the FTC's enforcement authority and nonprofit organizations are subject to FTC enforcement only if they provide substantial economic benefit to their for-profit members.)
A state may bring a civil action in federal court to enforce such prohibition.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 4, 2017 to Aug 8, 2017; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | May 4, 2017 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | May 4, 2017 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | May 4, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | May 4, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | May 4, 2017 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Aug 8, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 4, 2017 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred May 5, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
- May 4, 2017Introduced in House
- May 4, 2017Referred to the House Committee on 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 77, May 4, 2017, page H4178.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 964 | MY DATA Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Apr 27, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect broadband users from unfair or deceptive practices relating to privacy or data security, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- MY DATA Act of 2017
- Managing Your Data Against Telecom Abuses Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 4, 2017Introduced 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.
