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[S. 414 Reported in Senate

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 Calendar No. 102
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 414

 [Report No. 119-32]

To require covered digital advertising platforms to report their public 
 service advertisements.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 5, 2025

 Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
 Science, and Transportation

 June 24, 2025

 Reported by Mr. Cruz, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
 in italic]

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 A BILL

To require covered digital advertising platforms to report their public 
 service advertisements.

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

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing Digital Support 
for Mental Health Services Act'' or the ``ADS for Mental Health 
Services Act''.</DELETED>

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SEC. 2. DIGITAL ADVERTISING PLATFORMS PUBLIC SERVICE 
 ADVERTISING REPORTING.</DELETED>

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    (a) In General.--A covered digital advertising platform 
shall submit to the Commission an annual report that includes the 
following:</DELETED>
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    (1) The number and percentage of total 
 advertisements on the platform during the previous 12-month 
 period that were public service advertisements.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (2) The estimated dollar value of such public 
 service advertisements.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (3) The number of such public service 
 advertisements that focus on local or regional mental, 
 behavioral, and physical health care resources.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (4) The number of such public service 
 advertisements that promote free mental, behavioral, or 
 physical health care resources.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (5) A description of how such advertisements meet 
 the definition of a public service advertisement as described 
 in subsection
            (c) (3) .</DELETED>
<DELETED>

    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after 
receiving the reports required under subsection

    (a) , and annually 
thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives a publicly available 
report summarizing the information reported under such 
subsection.</DELETED>
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            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this Act:</DELETED>
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    (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the 
 Federal Trade Commission.</DELETED>
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    (2) Public service advertisement.--The term 
 ``public service advertisement'' means an advertisement that--
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        (A) a covered digital advertising platform 
 displays for free and without receiving any payment or 
 other consideration in exchange;</DELETED>
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        (B) promotes mental, behavioral, or 
 physical health care resources, and may include 
 advertisements that--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (i) raise awareness of community 
 events to address social isolation; 
 or</DELETED>
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            (ii) promote State, local, or 
 regional mental health care resources that are 
 approved by the Substance Abuse and Mental 
 Health Services Administration that mitigate--
 </DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (I) self-harm, suicide, 
 eating disorders, substance abuse, and 
 other matters that pose a risk to 
 physical and mental health;</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (II) patterns of 
 addiction-like behaviors; or</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (III) social isolation; 
 and</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (C) is relevant and accessible to targeted 
 audiences.</DELETED>
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    (3) Covered digital advertising platform.--The 
 term ``covered digital advertising platform'' means a social 
 media platform, search engine, or other public-facing website, 
 online service, or application that--</DELETED>
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        (A) sells digital advertising space; 
 and</DELETED>
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        (B) has more than 100,000,000 unique 
 monthly users.</DELETED>
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            (d) Relationship to Other Laws.--Nothing in this Act shall 
be construed to supersede any applicable privacy or data security 
laws.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing Digital Support for Mental 
Health Services Act'' or the ``ADS for Mental Health Services Act''.

SEC. 2. DIGITAL ADVERTISING PLATFORMS PUBLIC SERVICE ADVERTISING 
 REPORTING.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection

    (e) , not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section and annually thereafter, a 
covered digital advertising platform shall submit to the Commission a 
report that includes the following:

    (1) The number and percentage of total advertisements on 
 the platform during the previous 12-month period that were 
 public service advertisements.

    (2) The estimated dollar value of such public service 
 advertisements.

    (3) The number of such public service advertisements that 
 focus on local or regional mental and behavioral health care 
 resources.

    (4) The number of such public service advertisements that 
 promote free mental or behavioral health care resources.

    (5) A description of how such advertisements meet the 
 definition of a public service advertisement as described in 
 subsection
            (c) (2) .

    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after receiving 
the reports required under subsection

    (a) , and annually thereafter, the 
Commission shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives a publicly available report summarizing 
the information reported under such subsection.
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this Act:

    (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
 Trade Commission.

    (2) Public service advertisement.--The term ``public 
 service advertisement'' means an advertisement that--
        (A) a covered digital advertising platform 
 electronically serves to a user over the internet for 
 free and without receiving any payment or other 
 consideration in exchange;
        (B) promotes mental or behavioral health care 
 resources that--
            (i) raise awareness of community events to 
 address social isolation; or
            (ii) promote local or regional mental 
 health care resources that are approved by the 
 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
 Administration that mitigate--
            (I) self-harm, suicide, eating 
 disorders, substance abuse, and similar 
 matters that cause harm to physical and 
 mental health;
            (II) patterns of behavioral 
 addiction; or
            (III) social isolation; and
            (C) is relevant and accessible to targeted 
 audiences.

    (3) Covered digital advertising platform.--The term 
 ``covered digital advertising platform'' means a social media 
 platform, public-facing website, online service, online 
 application, or mobile application that--
        (A) derives revenue from advertising;
        (B) as its primary function provides a community 
 forum for user-generated content, including messages, 
 videos, and audio files among users where such content 
 is primarily intended for viewing, resharing, or 
 platform-enabled distributed social endorsement or 
 comment; and
            (C) has more than 100,000,000 unique monthly users 
 or visitors.

    (4) User.--The term ``user'' means, with respect to a 
 covered digital advertising platform, an individual who 
 registers an account or creates a profile on such platform.
            (d) Relationship to Other Laws.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to supersede any applicable privacy or data security laws.

    (e) Sunset.--This Act and all requirements, responsibilities, and 
obligations under this Act shall terminate on the date that is 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
 Calendar No. 102

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 S. 414

 [Report No. 119-32]

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To require covered digital advertising platforms to report their public 
 service advertisements.

_______________________________________________________________________

 June 24, 2025

 Reported with an amendment