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Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act

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

Introduced Dec 9, 2025

Latest action (Dec 11, 2025) Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

Referred to
Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Commerce
Issues
Technology & Privacy
Legislative subjects (6)
Child safety and welfareComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftConsumer affairsGovernment studies and investigationsInternet, web applications, social media

Summary
  • Requires the Federal Trade Commission to initiate a review of industry efforts to promote online safety for minors within 6 months of enactment.
  • Requires the FTC to examine the effectiveness of industry online safety tools, parental controls, age-appropriate labels, privacy settings, and other safety technologies.
  • Requires the FTC to consult with industry, parents, technology experts, privacy experts, mental health experts, and other appropriate entities during the review.
  • Requires the FTC to provide recommendations for industry, Congress, and agencies to improve online safety for minors.
  • Requires the FTC to submit a report to Congress with findings and recommendations within 3 years of enactment.
  • Exempts this review from the Paperwork Reduction Act requirements.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Actions (5)
  1. Dec 11, 2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. · house
  2. Dec 11, 2025 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  3. Dec 9, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. · house
  4. Dec 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
  5. Dec 9, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • S 4407 — CHATBOT Act (shares 6 subjects)
  • S 1748 — Kids Online Safety Act (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 7757 — KIDS Act (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 6 subjects)
  • S 4199 — Youth AI Privacy Act (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 5 subjects)
  • S 836 — Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 9, 2025

Mr. Fulcher (for himself and Mr. Landsman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act”.

SEC. 2. INDUSTRY REVIEW AND REPORT.

(a) Review.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with industry, parents, experts in communications technologies and parental controls, experts in privacy, mental health experts, and other appropriate entities as determined by the Commission, shall—

(1) initiate a review of industry efforts to promote online safety for minors through education, parental and child safety tools, age-appropriate labels for content, privacy and other safety settings, or other relevant technologies or initiatives; and

(2) examine the effectiveness of industry efforts identified in paragraph (1) to mitigate online harms for minors and provide recommendations for industry, Congress, and agencies to improve online safety for minors.

(b) Submission of Report.—Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report with the findings and recommendations resulting from the review described in subsection (a).

(c) Exemption.—This Act is exemption from subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act).

(d) Definitions.—In this Act:

(1) Commission.—The term “Commission” means the Federal Trade Commission.

(2) Minor.—The term “minor” means an individual under the age of 17. <all>

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