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American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Introduced: October 8, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 21, 2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 475.
Dec 21, 2022
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-655.
Jun 24, 2021
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Jun 24, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 23, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 11, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 11, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Choice and Innovation Online Act

This bill prohibits certain large online platforms from engaging in specified acts, including giving preference to their own products on the platform, excluding or disadvantaging competing products from another business on the platform, or discriminating among similarly situated users.

Further, a platform may not materially restrict or impede the capacity of a competing business user to access or interoperate with the same platform, operating system, or hardware or software features. The bill also restricts the platform's use of nonpublic data obtained from or generated on the platform and prohibits the platform from restricting access to platform data generated by the activity of a competing business user. The bill also provides additional restrictions related to installing or uninstalling software, search or ranking functionality, and retaliation for contact with law enforcement regarding actual or potential violations of law.

The bill establishes affirmative defenses for the prohibited conduct.

The Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice must designate whether an entity is a platform covered by the bill, and both must carry out enforcement activities.

The bill also provides for civil penalties, injunctions, conflicts of interest, a private right of action, and the forfeit of profits for repeat offenders.

What's happening now December 21, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 475.

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 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 44
All 44 Democratic 25 Republican 6
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Sep 28, 2022
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 2, 2022
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jul 19, 2022
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jun 17, 2022
Payne, Donald
· Jun 9, 2022
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Apr 21, 2022
Perlmutter, Ed
· Apr 7, 2022
Lawrence, Brenda
· Apr 6, 2022
Wild, Susan
· Apr 6, 2022
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Apr 5, 2022
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Apr 5, 2022
 D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Apr 4, 2022
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 4, 2022
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Mar 29, 2022
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Mar 28, 2022
Bustos, Cheri
· Mar 16, 2022
Demings, Val
· Mar 16, 2022
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Feb 18, 2022
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Feb 1, 2022
Hice, Jody
· Jan 18, 2022
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 6, 2022
Newman, Marie
· Oct 22, 2021
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Oct 21, 2021
 R
Babin, Brian
Texas · Oct 20, 2021
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Oct 20, 2021
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Oct 8, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Oct 8, 2021
Levin, Andy
· Oct 8, 2021
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Oct 8, 2021
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jun 21, 2021
 R
Donalds, Byron
Florida · Jun 16, 2021
Cawthorn, Madison
· Jun 14, 2021
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jun 14, 2021
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 14, 2021
Jones, Mondaire
· Jun 14, 2021
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Jun 14, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jun 14, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jun 14, 2021
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jun 14, 2021
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Jun 14, 2021
Buck, Ken
· Jun 11, 2021
 R
Gooden, Lance
Texas · Jun 11, 2021
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 11, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3816: American Innovation and Choice Online Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3816/
MLA
"H.R. 3816: American Innovation and Choice Online Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3816/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 3816, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3816/.
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[H.R. 3816: American Innovation and Choice Online Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3816/)
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