H.R. 6499 119th Congress House

Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act

Official title: To require the Federal Trade Commission to submit a report on industry efforts to promote online safety for minors, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 9, 2025 Introduced by: Russ Fulcher Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov

Commerce Child safety and welfareComputer security and identity theftComputers and information technologyConsumer affairs

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Government studies and investigationsInternet, web applications, social media

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 11, 2025

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

Dec 11, 2025

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Dec 9, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Dec 9, 2025

Introduced in House

Dec 9, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

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What's happening now December 11, 2025

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

Hearings & markups 1

Markup of 18 Bills
Markup Dec 11, 2025 · 10:15 AM EST · Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 24

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE
for NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES
for META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC
for GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC
for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (SIIA) · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC
for TECHNET · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
KELSAY STRATEGIES LLC
for COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
24 filings
SENATE
24 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
10 filings
White House Office
10 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
9 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
8 filings
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
8 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
6 filings

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Cosponsors 3

Castro, Joaquin

Texas · May 20, 2026

Vindman, Eugene Simon

Virginia · Jan 6, 2026

Landsman, Greg

Ohio · Dec 9, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6499: Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6499/

MLA

"H.R. 6499: Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6499/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 6499, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6499/.

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