House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act
Official title: To require the Federal Trade Commission to submit a report on industry efforts to promote online safety for minors, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2025 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6499.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FULCHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 207, December 9, 2025, Page H5112):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any of Congress' enumerated powers, including Congress's powers over appropriations.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 217 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6499, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6499
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 859 (119th) Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act
- H.R. 5576 (119th) Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act
- H.R. 8007 (119th) SILVER Act
- H.J.Res. 33 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.