SHIELD Act
Latest action · Jun 9, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection 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.
- IntroducedJun 8, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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This bill requires the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study and report on electronic commerce, including data sharing and data flow, and its impact on the U.S. economy.
Such study shall involve a review of (1) the economic benefit of the free transfer of data, (2) the impact of digital trade barriers on the U.S. economy and business development, and (3) the beneficial impacts of data agreements on commerce. Commerce and the FTC must also establish and maintain a compendium of data localization regulations.
Commerce and the FTC must report to Congress the results of such study and any recommendations to promote U.S. economic activity through electronic commerce.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- Jun 8, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 8, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Commerce
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Economic development
- Economic performance and conditions
- Free trade and trade barriers
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Retail and wholesale trades
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 8, 2021Introduced in House
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