Open App Markets Act
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
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.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Open App Markets Act
This bill establishes rules related to the operation of an app store by a covered company (i.e., the owner or controller of an app store with more than 50 million U.S. users).
An app is a software application or electronic service that may be run or directed by a user on a computer or mobile device. An app store is a publicly available website, software application, or other electronic service that distributes apps from third-party developers to users.
The bill prohibits a covered company from (1) requiring developers to use an in-app payment system owned or controlled by the company as a condition of distribution or accessibility, (2) requiring that pricing or conditions of sale be equal to or more favorable on its app store than another app store, or (3) taking punitive action against a developer for using or offering different pricing terms or conditions of sale through another in-app payment system or on another app store.
A covered company may not interfere with legitimate business communications between developers and users, use non-public business information from a third-party app to compete with the app, or unreasonably prefer or rank its own apps (or those of its business partners) over other apps.
The bill provides for enforcement of its provisions by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, as well as through suits brought by developers that are injured by reason of anything prohibited by this bill.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2022 to Oct 7, 2022; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 9, 2022 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Mar 9, 2022 |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Original | Mar 9, 2022 |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | Original | Mar 9, 2022 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Mar 9, 2022 |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | May 10, 2022 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | May 10, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jun 16, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 22, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jun 28, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Oct 7, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2022 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
- Mar 9, 2022Introduced in House
- Mar 9, 2022Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 168, no. 42, March 9, 2022, page H1424.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46875 | Antitrust Reform and Big Tech Firms | Report | Nov 21, 2023 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2710 | Open App Markets Act | Related bill | Feb 17, 2022 |
| HR 5017 | Open App Markets Act | Related bill | Aug 13, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To promote competition and reduce gatekeeper power in the app economy, increase choice, improve quality, and reduce costs for consumers.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Open App Markets Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2022Introduced 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.
