[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5154 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5154

To prohibit commercial DNA testing services from disclosing the genetic 
  information of United States nationals to foreign entities, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 2021

 Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit commercial DNA testing services from disclosing the genetic 
  information of United States nationals to foreign entities, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``American Genetic Privacy Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISCLOSING GENETIC INFORMATION TO CHINA.

    (a) Prohibition.--A commercial DNA testing service may not disclose 
the genetic information of any individual, or any aggregate of such 
information, to the People's Republic of China, or to any entity under 
the influence, control, or ownership of the People's Republic of China.
    (b) Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission.--
            (1) Unfair or deceptive acts or practices.--A violation of 
        this section or a regulation promulgated under this section 
        shall be treated as a violation of a regulation under section 
        18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
        57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices.
            (2) Powers of commission.--The Federal Trade Commission 
        shall enforce this section and the regulations promulgated 
        under this section 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 part 
        of this section. Any person who violates this section or a 
        regulation promulgated under this section shall be subject to 
        the penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities 
        provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commercial dna testing service.--The term ``commercial 
        DNA testing service'' means any person that provides 
        genealogical or ancestry-related information based on an 
        individual's DNA.
            (2) Genetic information.--The term ``genetic information'' 
        means, with respect to any individual, information about such 
        individual's genetic tests.
            (3) Genetic test.--The term ``genetic test'' has the 
        meaning given such term by section 201 of the Genetic 
        Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-233; 
        42 U.S.C. 2000ff).
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