3.0.0 6299 2023-01-12T17:52:12Z 2023-01-12T17:52:12Z House H HR 2006-09-29 109 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing hsba15 Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee Referred to 2006-10-18T16:04:52Z Referred to 2006-09-29T13:04:35Z 2006-10-18 hsba15 Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. Committee 2006-09-29 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2006-09-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000323 Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] CHARLES PICKERING R MS W. 3 N B000013 Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] SPENCER BACHUS R AL 6 2006-09-29 True Finance and Financial Sector Administrative procedure Alcohol and youth Bank accounts Checks Child welfare Cigarettes Civil actions and liability Commerce Consumer credit Credit cards Crime and Law Enforcement Department of the Treasury Drug abuse Drugs Drugs and youth Electronic commerce Electronic funds transfers Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Families Financial institutions Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health Identification devices Injunctions Internet Law Liability (Law) Licenses Pornography Science, Technology, Communications Smokeless tobacco Finance and Financial Sector 00 2006-09-29 Introduced in House 2007-02-02T20:02:55Z Protecting Our Children from Age-Restricted Internet Products and Services Act of 2006 - Requires Internet payment processing businesses used by sellers of age-restricted products or services harmful to minors (under age 17) to include: (1) an interactive age verification process; (2) a network of authorized money receiving businesses; (3) a designated Internet payment account for each customer; and (4) procedures for ensuring that the customer's identity and age are independently verified.

Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Office of Electronic Funding Oversight to coordinate federal efforts to prevent minors from purchasing age-restricted products or services on the Internet.

Prohibits noncompliant Internet payment processing businesses from processing financial transactions for the purchase of age-restricted products or services harmful to minors.

Authorizes the Attorney General or any state Attorney General to apply for an injunction or temporary restraining order to prevent or restrain a violation of this Act.

Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to five years for violations of this Act.

]]> Protecting Our Children from Age-Restricted Internet Products and Services Act of 2006 Display Title Protecting Our Children from Age-Restricted Internet Products and Services Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To prevent children from purchasing Internet-distributed age-restricted products and services by regulating the funding thereof and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Our Children from Age-Restricted Internet Products and Services Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6299ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6299ih.xml 2006-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.