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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. DUNCAN:H.R. 742.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 gives Congress the specificpower to regulate commerce with other nations. This billseeks to regulate one small portion of commerce, namelyprotecting the data of American citizens from companies whomight store that data in China or allow the government of theChinese Communist Party to have access to that data.The single subject of this legislation is:This legislation empowers the FTC to enforce requirementsto disclose if American citizen data is stored or maintainedin the People's Republic of China.[Page H680]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Telling Everyone the Location of data Leaving the U.S. Act or the TELL Act&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; This bill requires any person that maintains a website or that sells or distributes a mobile application that maintains and stores information in China to conspicuously disclose certain information to individuals who download or otherwise use the website or application. The disclosures must specify (1) that such information is stored and maintained in&amp;nbsp;China, and (2) whether the information is accessible by the Chinese Communist Party or a Chinese state-owned entity. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The bill also provides for enforcement of these requirements by the Federal Trade Commission. &lt;/p&gt;</text>
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