U.S. House Hearing on Privacy

Topics and Issues

On April 17, 2024, the U.S. House Energy & Commerce’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing, Legislative Solutions to Protect Kids Online and Ensure Americans’ Data Privacy Rights. The hearing was announced by the committee chair, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ).

The committee released a Hearing Announcement and a Hearing Memo for the hearing.

Witnesses:

Ms. Ava Smithing, Director of Advocacy, Young People’s Alliance, Biography, Witness Testimony
The Honorable Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Co-chair, 21 Century Privacy Coalition, Biography, Witness Testimony
Ms. Katherine Kuehn, Member, Board of Directors and CISO-in-Residence, National Technology Security Coalition, Biography, Witness Testimony
Ms. Kara Frederick, Director, Tech Policy Center, The Heritage Foundation, Biography, Witness Testimony
Mr. Samir C. Jain, Vice President of Policy, Center for Democracy & Technology, Biography, Witness Testimony
Mr. David Brody, Managing Attorney, Digital Justice Initiative, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Biography, Witness Testimony

CDIA filed a letter to the committee.

Full list of bills being heard:

H.R. __, the American Privacy Rights Act
H.R. 7891, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) (Reps. Bilirakis, Castor, Houchin, Schrier)
H.R. 7890, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) (Reps. Walberg and Castor)
H.R. 5628, the Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023 (Rep. Clarke)
H.R. 4311, the Data Elimination and Limiting Extensive Tracking and Exchange Act (DELETE Act) (Rep. Trahan)
H.R. 4568, the Terms-of-service Labeling, Design, and Readability Act (TLDR Act) (Rep. Trahan)
H.R. 5534, the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act of 2023 (Rep. Eshoo)
H.R. 5778, Sammy’s Law of 2023 (Reps. Wasserman Schultz and Carter)
H.R. 6149, the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act (Reps. James and Ryan)
H.R. 6429, the SCREEN Act (Rep. Miller)

Letters to the committee: