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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 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 15, 2018
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 November 15, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7160 Related bill Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Nov 15, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3639: A bill to prohibit the circumvention of control measures used by Internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products, and for other purposes.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3639/
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"S. 3639: A bill to prohibit the circumvention of control measures used by Internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products, and for other purposes.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3639/.
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S. 3639, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3639/.
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