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H.R. 3816: American Innovation and Choice Online Act

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H.R. 3816: American Innovation and Choice Online Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-11 · Commerce · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 475.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 475. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Plain summary

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.

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Official text

American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] · 47 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3816, American Innovation and Choice Online Act (2022-10-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Lance Gooden (R-TX), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Babin (R-TX), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3816 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117