HR 3991 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

TELL Act

Introduced Jun 17, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Jeff Duncan R-SC

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 18, 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.

  1. IntroducedJun 17, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Telling Everyone the Location of data Leaving the U.S. Act or the TELL Act

This bill requires online sellers or distributors of mobile applications that maintain and store information in China to conspicuously disclose to users that such information is stored in China and whether the information is accessible by the Chinese Communist Party or a Chinese state-owned entity.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 17, 2021 to Apr 1, 2022, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IAAshley HinsonOriginalJun 17, 2021
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalJun 17, 2021
R-TXLance GoodenOriginalJun 17, 2021
R-MILisa C. McClainOriginalJun 17, 2021
R-NCMadison CawthornOriginalJun 17, 2021
R-GAMarjorie Taylor GreeneOriginalJun 17, 2021
R-PAScott PerryOriginalJun 17, 2021
R-COLauren BoebertJun 25, 2021
R-AZDebbie LeskoApr 1, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
  2. Jun 17, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Jun 17, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4000Internet Application I.D. ActRelated billJun 18, 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 17, 2021Introduced in House

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