S 3639
115th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
A bill to prohibit the circumvention of control measures used by Internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products, and for other purposes.
Introduced: November 15, 2018
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Became law
Nov 15, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 15, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill prohibits the circumvention (e.g., via bot technology) of a website's security measure or technological control for enforcing posted purchasing limits or for managing inventory. A person may not sell a product if the person knows that the product was acquired using such circumvention.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1