Kids Online Safety Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6484 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6484 To protect the safety of minors on the internet, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 5, 2025 Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To protect the safety of minors on the internet, 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 Online Safety 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. Sec. 3. Preventing harm to minors. Sec. 4. Safeguards for minors. Sec. 5. Disclosure. Sec. 6. Audit; report. Sec. 7. Enforcement. Sec. 8. Kids Online Safety Council. Sec. 9. Rules of construction. Sec. 10. Relationship to State laws. Sec. 11. Effective date. Sec. 12. Severability. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual who is under the age of 13. (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Trade Commission. (3) Compulsive usage.--The term ``compulsive usage'' means a persistent and repetitive use of a covered platform that substantially limits one or more major life activities of an individual (described in section 3(2) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102(2))). (4) Covered platform.--The term ``covered platform'' means a platform that is a website, software, application, or electronic service connected to the internet that-- (A) is publicly available for use by consumers; (B) enables the creation of a username or user i