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H.R. 3849: ACCESS Act of 2021

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H.R. 3849: ACCESS Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-11 · Commerce · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended). 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

ACCESS Act of 2021

Plain summary

Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act of 2021 or the ACCESS Act of 2021 This bill requires large online platforms (e.g., YouTube, Salesforce) to facilitate consumers and businesses switching from one platform to another. Specifically, the platforms must maintain interfaces that (1) securely transfer user data to other platforms (i.e., portability), and (2) allow other platforms to connect and communicate with their systems (i.e., interoperability). The bill provides the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice with the authority to designate specific platforms to which these requirements apply. After a platform is designated, the FTC must issue standards of interoperability specific to the platform. A platform may not change its interoperability interface without petitioning the FTC, and the platform must provide to competing businesses documentation for accessing the interface. Further, the FTC must establish a technical committee to assist with the implementation of these requirements. The bill provides the FTC with authority to enforce these requirements including through recovery of civil penalties and injunctive relief.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

ACCESS Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] · 28 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Burgess Owens (R-UT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] reported raising $1.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3849 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117