119-hr2403

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2403 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2403

 To require that any person that maintains an internet website or that 
 sells or distributes a mobile application that stores and maintains 
information collected from such website or application in the People's 
 Republic of China to disclose that such information is stored and 
 maintained in the People's Republic of China and whether the Chinese 
 Communist Party or a Chinese State-owned entity has access to such 
 information.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 27, 2025

 Mr. Allen (for himself and Ms. Kaptur) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 To require that any person that maintains an internet website or that 
 sells or distributes a mobile application that stores and maintains 
information collected from such website or application in the People's 
 Republic of China to disclose that such information is stored and 
 maintained in the People's Republic of China and whether the Chinese 
 Communist Party or a Chinese State-owned entity has access to such 
 information.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Telling Everyone the Location of 
data Leaving the U.S. Act'' or the ``TELL Act''.

SEC. 2. COUNTRY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Disclosure Requirements.--Any person that maintains an internet 
website or that sells or distributes a mobile application that stores 
and maintains information collected from such website or application in 
the People's Republic of China shall disclose to any individual who 
downloads or otherwise uses such website or application, in a clear and 
conspicuous manner, the following:

    (1) That such information is stored and maintained in the 
 People's Republic of China.

    (2) Whether the Chinese Communist Party or a Chinese State-
 owned entity has access to such information.

    (b) False Information.--It shall be unlawful for a person required 
to disclose information under subsection

    (a) to knowingly disclose 
false information under such subsection.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices.--A violation of this Act 
shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or 
deceptive act or practice prescribed under 

section 18

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) of the 
Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) ).

    (b) Powers of Federal Trade Commission.--

    (1) In general.--The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce 
 this Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with the 
 same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable 
 terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of 
 this Act.

    (2) Privileges and immunities.--Any person that violates 
 this Act shall be subject to the penalties, and entitled to the 
 privileges and immunities, provided in the Federal Trade 
 Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
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