Online Consumer Protection Act of 2020
Latest action · Apr 21, 2020 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.
- IntroducedApr 21, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Online Consumer Protection Act of 2020
This bill requires commercial software operators and developers to provide consumers with a warning prior to making available for download software from specified countries that support international terrorism.
Violations of this requirement are subject to enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and intentional violations are subject to criminal penalties.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 21, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Africa
- Asia
- China
- Civil actions and liability
- Commerce
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Iran
- Middle East
- North Korea
- Product safety and quality
- Russia
- Sudan
- Syria
- Terrorism
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2020Introduced in House
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