[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 207 (Tuesday, December 9, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8581-S8582]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        ADVANCING DIGITAL SUPPORT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT

  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to immediate consideration of Calendar No. 102, S. 414.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 414) to require covered digital advertising 
     platforms to report their public service advertisements.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation with an amendment to strike all after the enacting 
clause and insert the part printed in italic, as follows:

     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.

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       (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.

  Mr. BARRASSO. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
substitute amendment be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as 
amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment, in the nature of a substitute, was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 414), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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