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Amendments

FTC: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (S. 836), S861 [5MR]

Articles and editorials

Dark Money Hit a Record High of $1.9 Billion in 2024 Federal Races, S207–S209 [14JA]

Bills and resolutions

Artificial intelligence (AI): require providers of certain AI systems to implement child safety measures to prohibit child targeted advertising and sale or sharing of children’s personal information (see S. 4855), S3058 [23JN]

Business and industry: require clear disclosure of seller location and country-of-origin labeling for products advertised for sale on Internet and prohibit false and misleading representation of U.S. product origin (see H.R. 9057), H3739 [29MY]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: disapprove withdrawal of rule entitled ‘‘Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2023–01—Unlawful Negative Option Marketing Practices’’ (see S.J. Res. 160), S1713 [13AP] (see H.J. Res. 183), H3393 [12MY]

——— disapprove withdrawal of rule entitled ‘‘Limited Applicability of Consumer Financial Protection Act’s ‘Time or Space’ Exception With Respect to Digital Marketing Providers’’ (see S.J. Res. 150), S1670 [26MR]

Consumers: strengthen laws governing personal data and create clear standards and regulations for businesses that collect, process, and use personally identifiable data (see S. 4211), S1614 [25MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: expand agricultural market access in foreign countries (see S. 4654), S2496 [2JN]

Dept. of Commerce: prohibit marketing, advertising, or provision of professional legal, financial, or health services without appropriate licenses (see H.R. 7985), H2596 [18MR]

Dept. of HHS: provide for public awareness campaign relative to screening for type 1 diabetes (see S. 4612), S2416 [20MY] (see H.R. 9000), H3724 [21MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit obligation or expenditure of funds for television advertisements promoting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 7395), H2040 [5FE]

FCC: establish advertising volume requirements for video programming delivered using Internet protocol (see H.R. 7308), H1948 [2FE]

FDA: establish new prohibited acts relative to dietary supplements (see S. 3797), S509 [5FE] (see H.R. 7407), H2041 [5FE]

——— protect integrity of honey marketed in U.S. (H.R. 2162), consideration (see H. Res. 1411), H4365 [30JN]

FEC: clarify that prohibition against fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority and fraudulent solicitation of funds includes misrepresentation through use of artificial intelligence (AI) (see S. 5135), S4283 [27JY] (see H.R. 9985), H5206 [30JY]

——— place reasonable limits on contributions to Super PACs which make independent expenditures (see S. 4602), S2416 [20MY]

——— require disclaimer for influencer originated content paid for by political committee (see S. 5136), S4283 [27JY] (see H.R. 9110), H3774 [2JN]

——— require political advertisements with content substantially generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to include statement if generative AI was used to generate any image, audio, or video footage (see H.R. 9922), H5196 [23JY]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit Cabinet members from using taxpayer funds to run self-promoting ad campaigns and from hiring certain political consulting, marketing, and advertising firms (see S. 4128), S1205 [18MR]

Food: require warning labels on foods and beverages containing sugar or non-sugar sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern and restrict junk food advertising to children (see S. 5026), S4138 [16JY]

FTC: establish consumer transparency and protection requirements for artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots (see S. 5117), S4266 [23JY]

——— investigate and report to Congress on unfair or deceptive advertising or marketing of preterm infant formula and issue regulations to prohibit such practices (see H.R. 9969), H5202 [27JY]

——— prohibit covered digital advertising platforms from displaying targeted advertisements directed to minors that promote sports gambling platforms (see S. 4555), S2326 [18MY]

——— prohibit online platforms from displaying fraudulent or deceptive commercial advertisements (see S. 3774), S489 [4FE] (see H.R. 7548), H2218 [12FE]

——— report to Congress on unfair or deceptive acts or practices that may be prevalent in advertising or marketing of firearms and issue regulations to prohibit such acts or practices (see S. 3875), S609 [12FE] (see H.R. 7500), H2185 [11FE]

——— study artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled toys and develop joint action plan relative to marketing and sale of such toys (see S. 5171), S4336 [29JY]

Information technology: require artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot providers to provide data privacy and security (see H.R. 9619), H4379 [9JY]

——— require disclosures for covered artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content (see S. 4915), S3201 [24JN]

——— require entities that make artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots available to minors to implement certain safe design features and privacy safeguards (see S. 4199), S1614 [25MR]

——— restore competition in online search and digital advertising markets and prevent exclusionary conduct by covered platforms (see S. 5007), S4107 [15JY]

Medicare: rename Medicare Advantage program and prohibit private insurers from using ‘‘Medicare’’ in plan titles or advertisements (see H.R. 7803), H2420 [4MR]

Political campaigns: prohibit distribution of false artificial intelligence (AI)-generated election media and prohibit removal of names from voting rolls using unverified voter challenge databases (see S. 4774), S2757 [11JN]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 3991), S802 [4MR] (see H.R. 7802), H2419 [4MR]

Recycling: prohibit person from making misleading recycled content claim in advertising, marketing, selling, or offering for sale product to consumer (see H.R. 7502), H2186 [11FE]

Motions

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: disapprove withdrawal of rule entitled ‘‘Limited Applicability of Consumer Financial Protection Act’s ‘Time or Space’ Exception With Respect to Digital Marketing Providers’’ (S.J. Res. 150), S2268 [13MY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Commerce: prohibit market or product-focused research on children and minors, H4293 [29JN]

——— prohibit marketing, advertising, or provision of professional legal, financial, or health services without appropriate licenses (H.R. 7985), H2557 [18MR]

FEC: enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about advertisements, H4064 [10JN]

FTC: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections, H4294 [29JN]

——— prescribe rules prohibiting disinformation in advertising of abortion services (H.R. 846), H1137 [21JA], H2990 [20AP]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, H1128 [21JA]

Remarks in Senate

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: disapprove withdrawal of rule ‘‘Limited Applicability of Consumer Financial Protection Act’s ‘Time or Space’ Exception With Respect to Digital Marketing Providers’’ (S.J. Res. 150), motion to proceed, S2268 [13MY]

FEC: place reasonable limits on contributions to political action committees which make independent expenditures, S2558 [4JN]

FTC: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (S. 836), S860–S869 [5MR]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, S207, S209 [14JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S205–S212 [14JA], S232 [15JA]

Reports filed

Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 5026), S4297 [28JY]

Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 836) (S. Rept. 119–99), S290 [27JA]

Texts of

S. 836, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, S861–S868 [5MR]

S. 3797, Prohibiting Tianeptine and Other Dangerous Products Act, S512 [5FE]