KIDS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7757 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7757 To protect children and teens online, empower parents and strengthen families, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2026 Mr. Guthrie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To protect children and teens online, empower parents and strengthen families, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act'' or the ``KIDS Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I--SHIELDING MINORS FROM OBSCENITY Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Definitions. Sec. 103. Technology verification measures. Sec. 104. Consultation requirements. Sec. 105. GAO report. Sec. 106. Relationship to State laws. TITLE II--ADDRESSING HARMS TO MINORS ON ONLINE PLATFORMS Sec. 201. Covered platform defined. Subtitle A--Kids Online Safety Sec. 211. Short title. Sec. 212. Definitions. Sec. 213. Addressing harms to minors. Sec. 214. Safeguards for minors and parental tools. Sec. 215. Reporting mechanism. Sec. 216. Disclosure. Sec. 217. Advertising and marketing information and labels. Sec. 218. Advertising of illegal products. Sec. 219. Audit; report. Sec. 220. Rules of construction. Sec. 221. Re