Bots Research Act
Latest action · Nov 6, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bots Research Act
This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to establish a task force to study the impact of automated accounts on social media, public discourse, and elections.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 6, 2018Introduced in House
- Nov 6, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Commerce
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Digital media
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- First Amendment rights
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government studies and investigations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 6, 2018Introduced in House
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